Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 藠 Kangxi stroke count: 21 Page 1065, Entry 41 In Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced hao (rising tone). A type of grass. Also, in Jade Chapters (Yupian), pronounced jiao. In Materia Medica (Bencao), xie is also known as jiaozi. Sometimes written in a variant form as qiao, which is incorrect.