Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Mei Kangxi Strokes: 8 Page 257, Entry 28 Guangyun (Broad Rhymes), Jiyun (Collected Rhymes), Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes), Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes): Pronounced mei. Shuowen (Explaining Graphs): Younger sister. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes (Daya): Like the younger sister of Heaven. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wei (Weifeng): The younger sister of the Eastern Palace. Also, a younger sister with the same mother but a different father is called wai mei (maternal cousin). Zuo Zhuan (Chronicle of Zuo), Year 11 of Duke Cheng: Sheng Bo married his maternal cousin to Shi Xiaoshu. Also, in the Book of Changes (Yijing), Explanation of the Trigrams (Shuogua): With Zhen above and Dui below, this is Gui Mei (the returning younger sister). Miscellaneous Hexagrams (Zagua): Gui Mei, the end of a woman's path. Also, Jiyun (Collected Rhymes): Pronounced mei. Same meaning. Also, a place name. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Announcement on Alcoholic Spirits (Jiugao): To make the great mandate clear in the state of Mei. Also, a state name. Jizhong Zhoushu (Zhou Documents from the Jizhong Tomb): Gumei and Zhen. Commentary: The state of Gumei later became part of the state of Yue.