Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Rice (mǐ) Entry: Bo Kangxi stroke count: 19 Page 913, Entry 18 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced bo (falling tone). Explanation of Graphs (Shuowen): A person who boils rice is called bo. Also in Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced mai (falling tone). In Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced mai (falling tone). Approaching Elegance (Erya), Explaining Implements: Rice is called bo. Commentary: When there is uncooked rice in the cooked rice. Sub-commentary: When there is uncooked rice in the cooked rice it is called bo. Li Xun states: Rice that is half-raw and half-cooked is named bo, which is what the Analects (Lunyu) refers to as food not cooked to the proper degree. Also in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced ba (level tone). Refers to a cake that is half-cooked.