Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Character: Chun Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 1043, Entry 01 Compendium of Phonetics (Jiyun): Pronounced chun (rising tone). Classification Compendium (Leipian): Name of a grass. Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters (Shuowen): To push; grass that grows in the spring. Also written in a variant form (chun). Additionally, from the Jade Compendium (Yupian): Mixed.