Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Jiao Kangxi strokes: 18 Page 1057, Entry 18 Pronounced jiao. According to the Jade Mirror (Yupian), the banana plant. According to the Plants and Trees of the South (Nanfang Caomu Zhuang), the sweet banana, also called the banana plant or the baju plant. Its stem fibers spread out like silk, which can be woven into fine or coarse cloth known as banana hemp cloth. It is also used interchangeably with the character for scorched. According to the Broad Study (Boya), it refers to the color black. Also pronounced qiao. Refers to weeds or straw. According to the Book of Master Zhuang (Zhuangzi), in the chapter on the human world, the number of the dead, when measured by the state, is like the straw in the marsh. According to the Supplement to the Dictionary (Zihuibu), it refers to firewood. According to the Book of Master Lie (Liezi), in the chapter on King Mu of Zhou, it is used to cover it with brushwood. According to the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is used interchangeably with the character for haggard. According to the Commentary of Zuo (Zuozhuan), in the ninth year of the reign of Duke Cheng, even if there are beauties like Ji or Jiang, one should not abandon the haggard.