Shen Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Grass (cǎo)
Fu
Kangxi Strokes: 15
Page 1044, Entry 11
Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced fu.
Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): It is a plant.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes: Said to gather its fu.
Commentary: Fu is a bad vegetable.
Erya: Explaining Plants: Fu is a type of plant.
Annotation: It has large leaves and white flowers, and its roots resemble fingers and are pure white; it can be eaten.
Also in Erya: Explaining Plants: Fu is also known as qiongmao.
Annotation: The flowers of the fu that are red are called qiong.
Broad Refinements (Boya): Wuhuo is the fu.
Also, in the ancient sounds of Tang Rhyme (Tangyun): Pronounced mo, citing the Book of Odes (Shijing) to rhyme with the characters qiu, er, xin, and te.
Also in the falling tone: Pronounced fu.
Also in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written in a variant form (fu).
Textual Research:
In Erya: Explaining Plants: Fu is fu. Annotation: Large leaves, white flowers. Verified against the original text, the lower fu character has been removed.
In Broad Refinements (Boya): Wuhuo. Verified against the original text, corrected to wuhuo.