Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 薅 Kangxi Stroke Count: 19 Page 1060, Entry 14 Pronounced hao. Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters) defines this as to pull out weeds from a field. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Zhou: To pull out the smartweed and thoroughwort. Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters) notes this is also written in the variant form hao. Jiyun (Compilation of Rhymes) notes this is sometimes written in the variant form dao.