Xu Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Rain (yǔ)
Character: 霡
Kangxi Strokes: 18
Page 1377, Entry 03
Compiled Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced mo.
Rhyme Collection (Yunhui) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced mo.
Pronounced mai.
Explication of Names (Shiming): Mai-mu is a light rain. It means a rain that barely touches or moistens, like someone washing their hair, reaching only the upper branches while the roots remain dry.
Literary Expositor (Erya), Explanation of Heaven (Shitian): A small rain is called mai-mu.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Minor Odes (Xiaoya): Supplemented by a light rain.
Zuo Si, Rhapsody on the Capital of Wu (Wudu Fu): Sweat flowed like a light rain, and the main roads became muddy.
Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): Originally written as 霢.
Compiled Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes also written in a variant form.