Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Chu Kangxi Dictionary Stroke Count: 10 Page 1021, Entry 10 Pronounced chu. Shuowen Jiezi: To cut grass. Book of Odes (Shijing): Consult with those who cut grass and gather firewood. Commentary: Chu refers to fodder for oxen and horses. Mencius: Just as grass-fed and grain-fed livestock please my palate. Zhao Commentary: Livestock that eat grass are called chu. Yunhui: Sheep are called chu, dogs are called huan; both are named after the food they consume. Also, Book of Rites (Liji), Sacrificial System (Jitong): The gentleman holds dried grass. Commentary: Dried grass. Book of Odes (Shijing): A bundle of green grass. Jian Commentary: Cutting grass for use is called chu, which is why it is called fresh chu. Also, a type of grass. Book of Odes (Shijing): Harvesting green grass all morning. Jian Commentary: Green grass is Wangchu. Also, Sanskrit term for a Buddhist monk is bhikshu. Also, chuni. Xu Yanzhou Poetry Talks (Shihua): Once wrote a Qixi festival poem, using the rhyme of the character ni from Pan Ni, which was difficult to rhyme; later, while reading the Tripitaka, found the name for a magpie is chuni. Also, a surname. See Heshi Xingyuan. Also, Jiyun: Pronounced zou. Han Yu, Steed Poem: With little strength it seems easy to manage, with low price it is indeed easy to reward. Thirsty, it drinks a dou of water; hungry, it eats a bundle of grass. Liushu Zheng'e: The character chu resembles the shape of bound grass; the common variant form is incorrectly written as chu. Ganlu Zishu: Commonly written as the character composed of grass radical, the mouth character, and the chou character. Verification: Mencius: Just as grass-fed and grain-fed livestock please my palate. Zhao Commentary: Livestock that eat grass are called chu. Adjusted the text based on the original to change livestock to food.