Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Meat (ròu) Nong Kangxi strokes: 19 Page 996, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced nong. Explanations of Characters (Shuowen): Swollen blood. Comprehensive Collection (Yupian): The ulceration of a carbuncle or abscess. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Master Cang: After eight days, vomiting pus. Also, Explanation of Names (Shiming): Nong means thick, as the juice is thick and viscous. Cao Zhi, Seven Exhortations (Qi Qi): Fat and fed to have fleshy skin. Also, to rot. Essential Techniques for the Welfare of the People (Qimin Yaoshu): When rice seedlings have grown to seven or eight inches, old weeds emerge again. Use a sickle to mow them submerged in water; the weeds will all rot and die.