Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 茬 Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 1028, Entry 19 Pronounced chi. Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): The appearance of grass. Also a place name. Book of Han (Hanshu), Treatise on Geography: Dongjun, Chaping. Ying Shao commentary: Located on the flat land of Cha. Also pronounced zi. The meaning is the same. Also a surname. See Jiyun (Compilation of Rhymes). Also pronounced cha. To cut down trees. Discourses of the States (Guoyu): Do not cut down the sprouts on the mountains. The character is formed with the Grass radical. Note: Regarding the character cha, the Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu) and Commentary on the Water Classic (Shuijing Zhu) both use the official radical. Song Qi states: It should be written as ren. Currently, cha, cha, and ren all coexist. The character cha is written with the Grass radical.