Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Food (shí) Character: Tang Kangxi Strokes: 19 Page 1423, Entry 25 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), Collected Rhymes (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced tang. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Tang means a type of cake or snack. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Tang means millet paste. Master Yang's Dialects (Yangzi Fangyan): Xing is called tang. Materia Medica (Bencao): Yi is soft tang. It can be made from nonglutinous rice, millet, hemp seeds, or white rice, but only that made from glutinous rice is used for medicinal purposes. Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes also written in variant forms (tang, jiang, xing).