Shen Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Insect (chóng). Character: lian. Kangxi stroke count: 19. Page 1100, Entry 06. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced lian. Name of an insect, the cockroach. Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao): Also known as stone ginger, also known as tea-old-woman insect, also known as fragrant lady. Tao Hongjing states: There are two or three varieties of this. Those that produce the scent of ginger are the true ones. Their shape resembles an insect but they are light and small, and they can fly. They originate in the grass, and in the eighth or ninth month when they sense the cold, they often enter human houses to hide.