Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 萼 Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 1043, Entry 10 Pronounced è. The calyx of a flower. Book of Jin (Jinshu), Biography of Huangfu Mi: In spring, the blossoms put forth calyxes, and in summer, they bear their fruit. Shu Xi, Poem on White Flowers: White blossoms with crimson calyxes.