Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Wheat (mài) Chao Kangxi Strokes: 15 Page 1512, Entry 21 Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced chao (rising tone). Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced chao (rising tone). Jade Chapters (Yupian): Parched grain. Commentary on the Materia Medica (Bencao zhu): Chao is parched grain, made by steaming wheat and grinding it into powder. Emergency Manual (Jijiupian), Commentary by Shigu: Nowadays, generally, roasted rice or wheat is called chao. Essential Techniques for the Welfare of the People (Qimin yaoshu): Contains methods for making crabapple-chao and forest-apple-chao. Record of the Buddhist Kingdoms (Foguo ji): Under the pattra tree is the place where five hundred merchants offered parched grain and honey.