Hai Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Ghost (guǐ) Character: meì Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 1461, Entry 30 According to the Extensive Dictionary of Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui), it is pronounced meì. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), the form written as a ghost radical combined with a ghost character is a variant of the current form. In the Commentary on the Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), year 18 of Duke Wen: Cast them into the four borders to ward off mountain spirits and demons. The commentary notes that these are creatures born of the strange energies of mountains and forests that harm people. Also, in the third year of Duke Xuan: mountain spirits and demons. The commentary notes these are monstrous beings. In the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), commentary on the Annals of the Five Emperors: these beings have human faces, animal bodies, and four feet, and they delight in deluding people.