Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Wheat (mài) Entry: 麵 Kangxi stroke count: 20 Page 1383, Entry 06 According to the Correct Character Guide (Zhengzitong), this is the common colloquial form of the character for flour (miàn). According to the Book of Qi (Qishu), Records of Rites (Lizhi), in the first month of the ninth year of the Yongming era, the Emperor issued an edict stating that during the four seasonal sacrifices at the Grand Temple, leavened flour cakes favored by the Proclaimed Emperor (Xuan Huangdi) were to be presented as offerings.