Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 蔉 Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page 1053, Entry 26 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Rhyme Collections (Yunhui): Pronounced gun. Left Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals (Zuozhuan), Year 1 of Duke Zhao: "Weeding and mounding soil around the roots." Kong's Commentary (Kongshu): To mound soil around the roots of seedlings is called kun.