Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Eat (shí) Character: san Kangxi Stroke Count: 21 Page 1425, Entry 14 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui) state the pronunciation is san (falling tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) states the pronunciation is san (falling tone). Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) states that san is rice. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi) states it is parched rice.