Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Eat (shí) Kangxi strokes: 16 Page 1420, Entry 03 Pronounced nei (falling tone) Yu Pian (Jade Chapters): Hunger. Zuo Zhuan (Chronicle of Zuo): We have hunger and that is all. Also refers to fish rot. Erya (Approaching Elegance), Interpretation of Vessels: When fish rot it is called nei. Annotation: The meat has rotted. Commentary: Fish rot begins from the inside, so it is said to rot internally. The current text writes internal as meat, which is likely an error. Also the same as the character for hungry (wei). Discourses of the States (Chu Yu): The people have become thin and hungry, and their condition grows increasingly severe day by day. History of the Former Han (Qian Han Shu), Biography of Wei Xiang: Providing relief to the distressed and hungry. Shuowen (Explaining Graphs): Originally written as the character for hungry (wei). Textual Research: Also the same as the character for hungry (wei). Discourses of the States (Chu Yu): People are thin and hungry, and their condition grows increasingly severe day by day. In accordance with the original text, the two characters for people have been added before the term for thin and hungry.