Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Cong Kangxi strokes: 17 Page 1022, Entry 07 Jade Chapters (Yupian): Same as the character pronounced cong. See the entry under Radical: Step (chi) for details. Cong (variant form) Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced zǒng (rising tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zǒng (rising tone) Bǒng-cōng: The appearance of grass. Also, Rhyme Meeting (Yunhui): A type of grass. Erya (Erya): Explaining Plants: Xū-fēng-cōng. Also, Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun): The appearance of grass. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced cōng. Classified Chapters (Leipian): Ròu-cōng-róng (a type of medicinal herb). Also, pronounced sǒng (rising tone). Cōng: The appearance of things intersecting one another. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Biography of Sima Xiangru: The appearance of being agitated and chaotic.