Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Rice (mǐ) Cù Kangxi strokes: 17 Page 912, Entry 11 Guangyun (Guǎngyùn), Jiyun (Jíyùn), and Zhengyun (Zhèngyùn) all record that it is pronounced zào. It refers to coarse, unhusked rice. Sometimes written as a variant form, also written as a variant form.