Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Rice (mǐ) Entry: 糲 Kangxi Stroke Count: 21 Page 913, Entry 01 Guangyun (Expanded Rhymes), Jiyun (Collected Rhymes), and Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes) define it as pronounced li (falling tone). Guangyun: Coarse. Pianhai (Sea of Texts): Rice that is not refined. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Nie Zheng: Used for the expenses of the lady’s coarse diet. Records of the Grand Historian, Preface of the Grand Historian: Coarse grain food. Commentary: Zhang Yan states: One hu of millet pounded to produce seven dou of rice is called li. Zan states: Five dou of millet producing three dou of rice is called li. Zheng YI states: It is simply hulled coarse rice. Also, Guangyun, Jiyun, and Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes) define it as pronounced lai (falling tone). The meaning is the same. Also, Guangyun defines it as pronounced li (falling tone); Jiyun, Yunhui, and Zhengyun define it as pronounced la (falling tone). The meaning is the same. Liezi (Master Lie), Chapter on Power and Fate: What is eaten is coarse rice. Commentary: Li is pronounced ling-da. Also, Yunhui Xiaobu (Minor Supplement to the Collection of Rhymes) provides the rhyming pronunciation lie (entering tone). Poem by Bai Juyi: Inspecting the meal in the plate, it is neither refined nor coarse. Inspecting the clothes on the body, there is neither excess nor lack. Shuowen (Explaining Graphs): Originally written as the character variant. Sometimes also written as the character variant.