Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Han Kangxi Dictionary strokes: 17 Page 1053, Entry 27 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun): Pronounced han (falling tone). Important Arts for the People's Welfare (Qimin Yaoshu): Han vegetable, the taste is pungent. Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao): Han, the taste is as pungent and spicy as fire scorching a person, hence the name.