Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Entry: Mei Kangxi Stroke Count: 11 Page 431, Entry 34 Tang Dynasty Rhyme Dictionary (Tangyun): Pronounced mei (falling tone). Jade Chapters (Yupian): Pronounced mei (falling tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced mei (falling tone), sound is same as mei. Yangzi: Dialect (Fangyan): Means to be greedy. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Jia Yi, Rhapsody on the Owl: People are born with various talents. Annotation: The Investigations into the Obscure (Suoyin) states that the Book of Han (Hanshu) uses the character mei. Note: In the Dialect (Fangyan), the character mei should properly be written with the hand radical, and is pronounced mei (falling tone). Songs of Chu (Chuci), Questions of Heaven: The king skillfully gathered them, and how he roamed everywhere.