Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Food (shí) Character: xiǎng Kangxi stroke count: 26 Page 1427, Entry 23 Broad Rimes (Guangyun), Collected Rimes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), and Correct Rimes (Zhengyun) state it is pronounced liàng. It is the same as the character for provisions (xiǎng). Explanations of Glosses (Erya): To present food to someone in the fields is called xiǎng. Commentary: Sending food to someone is called xiǎng, which refers to delivering food from one's own home to the fields. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Zhou (Zhou Song): With these provisions of millet. Explanations of Text (Shiwen): Pronounced liàng. Also, according to Broad Rimes (Guangyun), it is pronounced liǎng; according to Collected Rimes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), and Correct Rimes (Zhengyun), it is pronounced liǎng (rising tone). In the Zhou dynasty, people referred to gifts of food as xiǎng. Also, according to Collected Rimes (Jiyun), it is pronounced ràng. Also, according to Broad Rimes (Guangyun), it is pronounced shāng; according to Collected Rimes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), and Correct Rimes (Zhengyun), it is pronounced shāng. The meaning is the same.