Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nü) Mei Kangxi Strokes: 13 Page 268, Entry 14 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): Pronounced bi (rising tone). Same as Mei (beautiful). The meaning is good and beautiful. Book of Rites (Zhouli), Section on the Official of Earth, Office of the Grand Minister of Instruction: Use six traditional customs to settle the myriad people. The first is to make house construction beautiful. Furthermore, the duty of the Master (Shi) is to admonish the king with beautiful principles. Furthermore, Book of Rites (Zhouli), Section on the Official of Winter, Artificers' Record (Kaogongji): The craftsman who makes carriage shafts chooses carriage axle materials based on three standards, the first of which is to select beautiful materials. Commentary: The three standards are the principles of material selection. The term Mei refers to materials that are beautiful and without defects. Six Scripts Unified (Liushu tong): The character Mei (beautiful woman) is written as a variant form (Mei). The character structure is composed of Woman and Wei. Wei means small. Another opinion suggests it refers to a young girl.