Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Food (shí) 饉 Kangxi strokes: 20 Page 1425, Entry 04 Pronounced jin. According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), the lack of grain is called hunger, and the lack of vegetables is called famine. In the Analects (Lunyu), it is written that a famine followed. According to the Han Poetry Outer Commentary (Hanshi Waizhuan), the failure of the three types of grain to harvest is called famine. In the Supplement to the Collection of Characters (Zihuibu), it is also written in a variant form.