Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Food (shí) Kangxi stroke count: 20 Page 1425, Entry 02 Pronounced jin. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Lacking grain is called hunger; lacking vegetables is called famine. Analects (Lunyu): Followed by a famine. Han Shi Waizhuan: A failure of the three types of grain is called famine. Supplement to the Collection of Characters (Zihuibu): Also written in a variant form.