Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Rice (mǐ) Qiu Kangxi Strokes: 16 Page 911, Entry 39 Guangyun, Jiyun, Yunhui, Zhengyun: Pronounced qiu (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi: Fried or roasted rice or wheat. Also refers to dry food crumbs. It generally refers to grain. Boya: Qiu means dry food. Book of Documents (Shujing): Prepare your dry food. Commentary: Qiu is grain that has been pounded and roasted. It refers to rice or wheat that is roasted and then pounded into powder. Book of Rites (Liji): Contains dry food cakes. Note: Dry food cakes made from pounded and roasted grain. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): Offering food in bamboo baskets, including dry food cakes and rice flour cakes. Note: Qiu is roasted soybeans and rice. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan): Yuan Po fled to the State of Zheng, and his clansman Yuan Xuan presented sweet rice wine, fine millet rice, dry food, and dried meat. Note: Qiu is dry food. Shiming: Qiu means the sound of teeth biting and crushing. Food that has been ground to become fine. Also used as a surname. Fengsu Tong: In the Han Dynasty, there was Qiu Zong, who served as the Magistrate of Ying County. Yupian: Pronounced zhao (rising tone). Same meaning. Jiyun, Yunhui, Zhengyun: Pronounced qiu (falling tone). Same meaning. Liushu Yinyi: The same as the character for dry food. Textual Research: Rites of Zhou, Heaven Section: Regarding the food in the bamboo baskets, it mentions dry food cakes and rice flour cakes. The original text used the character for side; it has been corrected to the character for bamboo basket.