Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Rice (mǐ) 糄 Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 910, Entry 25 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced bian. It means rice. Also, in Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced bian. In Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced bian. To burn rice in the husk to obtain the grain is called bian.