Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Tiao Kangxi Dictionary strokes: 17 Page 1052, Entry 06 Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Same as you. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): A weeding tool for fields. Analects of Confucius (Lunyu): Encountered an elderly man carrying a basket on his staff. Commentary: Tiao is a bamboo implement. Also, in Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced di. The meaning is the same. Also, in Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced tiao. It means seedlings. Approaching Elegance (Erya), Explanation of Grasses: Tiao and tiao. Commonly written as the variant form.