Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Chou Kangxi stroke count: 20 Page 1062, Entry 51 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced chou Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced chou Pronounced chou Classified Lexicon (Leipian): Name of a grass. Broadly Refined (Boya): Chou-chu refers to green onions. Seven Stimuli (Qi Fa) by Mei Sheng: The sound of water plants growing in the silent, vast expanse. Model Sayings (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong: Chou-meng means to cover.