Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) gāi Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 1030, Entry 06 Pronounced gai. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): The roots of grass. Erya: Explanations of Plants (Erya): Gai means root. Yang Xiong, Dialects (Fangyan): Gai means root; in the eastern Qi region it is called du, and sometimes it is called ba. Book of Han (Hanshu), Treatise on Rites and Music: The green spring initiates movement, and the roots (gai) follow. Commentary: The roots of grass are called gai. Collected Rimes (Jiyun) and Correct Rimes (Zhengyun): Pronounced jie. The meaning is the same. Also interchangeable with the character for kernel (he). Book of Han (Hanshu), Treatise on the Five Elements: To gestate and nourish roots and kernels. Commentary by Yan Shigu: Kernel is also a variant form of gai. Textual research: Erya, Explanations of Plants mentions the plant name tutugai. We note that tutugai is a plant name, not the term for a grass root. Since the previous section cites the Shuowen definition that gai is a grass root, this section should cite the Erya definition that gai is a root. We have corrected the citation to read: Erya, gai means root.