Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Eat (shí) Character: Nuan Kangxi Stroke Count: 18 Page 1422, Entry 25 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): Pronounced nuan. Explanations (Boya): Nuan-yu means to present food as a gift. Jade Chapters (Yupian): To present food to a woman. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Presenting food to a woman on the third day after her wedding is called nuan-nü. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ruan. A banquet held on the third day after a wedding is called nuan. Character Forest (Zilin): Some people mistakenly write this with the woman radical, which is incorrect.