Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: Wei Kangxi Stroke Count: 14 Page 640, Entry 14 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced wei. Pronounced the same as wei. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Refers to light rain. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes also written in a variant form (wei). Also, in Categorized Compilation (Leipian): Pronounced mei. Pronounced the same as mei. Refers to a place where mountain valleys and channels connect. Approaching Elegance (Erya), Explanation of Mounds (Shiqiu): Exhausted channels and overflowing mountain valleys are called wei.