Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Rice (mǐ) Grain; Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 911, Entry 35 Pronounced gu (falling tone). The general name for the hundred grains. It means substance, goodness, continuity, and life. It also means prosperity. Another definition is the name of a river. According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), this is a common form of the character for grain.