Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Grain (hé) Entry: Lu Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 853, Entry 23 In Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the original form of the character for wild rice. In History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), the Annals of Emperor Xian, officials at the level of imperial secretary and below went out personally to gather wild rice. Annotation: Pronounced lu. Refers to rice that grows naturally.