Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Ba Kangxi Stroke Count: 10 Page 878, Entry 13 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced ba (falling tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ba (falling tone) Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): A type of bamboo, found in the region of Shu. Sea of Characters (Pianhai): A bamboo that has thorns. Treatise on Bamboo (Zhupu): Thorny bamboo grows in dense clusters, forming a forest. The roots are shaped like chariot wheels, and the nodes are like bundled needles. It is also called Ba bamboo, used for city fortifications. Its sprouts are edible, but consuming them causes hair loss. Note: The sprouts of the Ba bamboo have a flavor that causes people's hair to fall out. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced pa (falling tone). Same meaning. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced ba (level tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ba (level tone) Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced ba (level tone) Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced ba (level tone) Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): A fence made of thorny bamboo. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Investigations of Obscurities (Suoyin): In the Jiangnan region today, a reed fence is called a Ba fence. History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qianhan), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Sugarcane and Ba-ju (a type of bundle). Note: Wen Ying states: Ba-jiao.