Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Rice (mǐ) Xie Kangxi strokes: 16 Page 911, Entry 28 Guangyun (Broad Rhymes) and Jiyun (Collected Rhymes) both state it is pronounced xie. It refers to broken rice or wheat, or the remnants left after pounding. Also, according to Jiyun (Collected Rhymes), it is pronounced su. It refers to rice flour.