Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Character: Chi Kangxi Stroke Count: 11 Page 1027, Entry 05 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): This is a common variant form of the character Cha (meaning to mow or stubble), used to indicate a place name. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Record of Commanderies and States (Junguo Zhi): The Jibei Commandery contains Chiping County. Commentary on the Water Classic (Shuijing Zhu): Ying Shao explains that Chi is the name of a mountain. The county seat is located on the flat terrain of the mountain, hence it is called Chiping. Originally written as Cha.