Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Meat (ròu) Kangxi Strokes: 12 Page 982, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced mei. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced mei. Meaning: The meat along the spine. Explication of Writing (Shuowen): The meat of the back. Five Tones Collected Rhymes (Wuyin Jiyun): The meat located on the side of the spine. Book of Rites (Liji), Inner Rules: Pound the delicacy; take the meat of cattle, sheep, elk, deer, or muntjac, and it must be the meat along the spine. Commentary: The meat along the spine. Songs of Chu (Chuci), Summoning the Soul: Bumping against the bloody thumbs of the back, chasing people in a flurry. Commentary: The back. Also: Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Orthography Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced mei. The meaning is the same. Songs of Chu (Chuci), Summoning the Soul, Commentary: Also pronounced mei. Also: Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced dai. Orthography Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced mai. The meaning is the same. Book of Rites (Liji), Inner Rules, Explanation of Terms: Xu reads it as dai. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written as mei.