Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Lang Kangxi Stroke Count: 16 Page 1051, Entry 07 According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced lang. According to the Discussion of Writing and Explanations of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), rice or millet that grows but fails to mature is called dong lang. Sometimes also written in a variant form (lang).