Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Food (shí) Kangxi stroke count: 22 Page 1425, Entry 48 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collection Rhyme (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced yong. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Cooked food. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes: There is the mother who oversees the cooked food. Commentary: Cooked food is called yong. Mencius (Mengzi): Preparing cooked food to govern. Annotation: Yongsun means cooked food. The morning meal is called yong, and the evening meal is called sun. Also, Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Office of Heaven, Inner Cook Annotation: Yong is the term for cutting, cooking, frying, and seasoning. Sub-commentary: Yong means to harmonize; cooked food is called yong. Cooked food must be seasoned, hence it is named yong. Also, Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), Rites of Visiting: The lord sends an official in ceremonial cap to present cooked food and live livestock as a gift. Annotation: Slaughered livestock is called yong, and live livestock is called xi. Also written in the variant form (yong). Discourses of Zhou (Zhouyu): The assistant of the cook tastes it. Also, Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced yong (falling tone). The meaning is the same.