Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Wheat (mài) Qu Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page 1513, Entry 19 According to Jade Chapter (Yupian), pronounced qu. It sounds the same as the character for leaven. It is identical to the character for leaven. In the Ode on the Virtue of Wine (Jiude Song) by Liu Ling, it is written: Using leaven as a pillow and lees as a mat. It is also a surname. Qu Chongsu of the Jin dynasty authored the Record of Suburban Sacrifices (Jiaosi Zhi) in ten volumes.