Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Grain (hé) Zong Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 856, Entry 21 Pronounced zong. A bundle of grain. According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Compendium of Rhymes (Yunhui), this character is also pronounced zong. According to the Compendium of Rhymes (Yunhui), in the Book of Rites (Zhouli), four handfuls are called a ju, ten ju are called a zong, and ten zong are called a zha. Zong refers to a bundle. In the Commentary to the Analects (Lunyu zhu), six hundred and forty hu is called a zong. Regarding the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it defines zong as eighty threads of cloth. Xu Kai corrected this, stating that this is the ten-ju zong. He argued that the definition of eighty threads of cloth, found in various rhyme dictionaries, is incorrect. The Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun) states it is commonly written as variants zong and zong, but this is also incorrect. Also, according to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced zong. A gathering or bundle of grain. In the Zhuangzi, section Ze Yang, it says: What are these zong zong ones doing? The commentary states: Zong refers to the appearance of gathering together.