Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 茛 Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 1027, Entry 27 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced gèn (falling tone). Expanded Glossary (Boya): Gouwen (a type of toxic plant). Materia Medica (Bencao): Maogen (a variety of buttercup). Note: Gen refers to the sprouts of the monkshood plant; this herb resembles it in both form and toxicity, hence the name. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced jiàn (falling tone). Water plant. Crabs are toxic, which is caused by eating water gen.