Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Food (shí) Page 1416, Entry 18 Pronounced jian. The same as porridge. Also used in personal names. In The Chronicle of King Mu (Mu Tianzi Zhuan), it is recorded that Zhu Jian offered wine to the Son of Heaven. Also, pronounced zhan. The same as thick gruel (zhan). Also, pronounced gan. Dried rice.