Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Food (shí) Character: 饍 Kangxi Stroke Count: 21 Page 1425, Entry 28 According to the Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced shan (falling tone). According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), to eat. Identical to the character for provision (shan). According to the Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters (Shuowen), to prepare food. In the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Ministry of Heaven, it is written that the master of provisions is in charge of the king's food, drink, and delicacies. The word for provision is synonymous with the word for good. Also, according to the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced shan (falling tone). The meaning is the same.