Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Rice (mǐ) 粢 Kangxi Stroke Count: 12 Page 908, Entry 29 Guangyun (Dictionary of Rhymes): Pronounced zī Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes): Pronounced zī Zhengyun (Standard Rhymes): Pronounced zī Pronounced zī. Leipian (Classified Chapters): Refers to broomcorn millet. Erya (Approaching Elegance), Commentary on Plants: Zī is broomcorn millet. Book of Rites (Liji), Quli: Broomcorn millet is called bright zī. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), Sixth Year of Duke Huan: Clean zī rice and abundant sacrificial offerings. Commentary: Proso millet and broomcorn millet are called zī. Also used interchangeably with the character qí. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), Shi Yuli: Bright qí and strained wine. Commentary: In current texts, it is written as bright zī. Also used interchangeably with the character zī (sacrificial vessel). Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Offices, Minor Recorder: Distinguish the names and types of the six zī. Commentary: Zī is pronounced zī. The six zī refer to six types of grain: proso millet, broomcorn millet, rice, kaoliang, wheat, and wild rice. Also, Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): Pronounced cí Pronounced cí. Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): Refers to a rice cake, identical to the character cí. Liezi (Book of Master Lie), Lì Mìng Chapter: What was eaten was zī rice and coarse grains. Commentary: Zī is a rice cake. Its taste is similar to broken rice, but it is not broken. Yangzi (Master Yang), Fangyan (Local Dialects): Food made from flour is called gāo, or also called zī. Also, Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): Pronounced jì Pronounced jì. Refers to wine. Book of Rites (Liji), Liyun: Zī tí wine placed in the hall. Used interchangeably with qí. Shuowen Jiezi: Originally written as [], or written as zī. In current texts, it is written with the rice radical as 粢. Textual Research: Shuowen Jiezi was originally written as zhāi. Note: According to Shuowen Jiezi, it is formed from qí and hé; now it has been changed to [].