Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Rice (mǐ) Entry: Di Kangxi Strokes: 22 Page 906, Entry 01 Pronounced di. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To buy grain. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), twenty-eighth year of Duke Zhuang: Zangsun Chen announced a request to buy grain in Qi. Commentary: Buying grain is called di. Announcing a request to buy grain means informing Qi that one intends to trade goods for grain. Mencius (Mengzi): Do not prevent the buying of grain. Also written as xi, describing a rapid appearance. Pan Yue, Ode to the Sheng (Shengfu): Rushing rapidly and gathering together to invite one another. Also, Collection of Characters Supplement (Zihuibu): Same as the character meaning to cleanse (di). Yang Xiong, Ode to the Capital of Shu (Shudu fu): Cleaning (di) rice to become plump. Note: Cleaning rice means nourishing it with rice, thus washing away its impurities. Also, the character meaning a pig. Also, Pronounced tao. A surname. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), tenth year of Duke Cheng: The Marquis of Jin sent Di Fa to Chu. Also, Five Sounds Collection of Rhymes (Wuyin jiyun): Pronounced zhuo. Meaning the same as above. Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written as the variant form (di).