Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Eat (shí) 飩 Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 1417, Entry 02 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced tun. Jade Chapters (Yupin): Refers to a dumpling. Correct Meaning Treatise (Zhengzitong): Modern wontons are a variant name for dumplings. People grind rice or wheat into powder, wrap fillings inside, and shape them like pellets of varying sizes. They are consumed after being steamed in a bamboo steamer. Southern Guangdong Records (Nanyuezhi): In Fujian, people make wontons on the first day of the tenth lunar month to offer sacrifices to ancestors and announce the arrival of winter. Food Records (Shiwuzhi): Wonton is sometimes written in a variant form (hun). The term hun mimics its round appearance. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhun (falling tone). The meaning is a rich, dense flavor.