Shen Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Grass (cǎo)
藰
Kangxi strokes: 21
Page 1066, Entry 15
Jade Tablets (Yupian) pronunciation: liu (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) pronunciation: liu (rising tone), sound is similar to liu (rising tone). Jade Tablets (Yupian) records: liu is zhanglu (a type of plant).
Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) pronunciation: liu (rising tone), sound is similar to liu (rising tone). Liuyi is also the name of a grass.
Also, in Sima Xiangru's Rhapsody on the Shanglin Park (Shanglin Fu): The phrase liuli huixi. Note: describes the appearance of many sounds.
Textual Research: Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) pronunciation: liu (rising tone), sound is similar to liu (rising tone). Jade Tablets (Yupian) records it as the name of a grass. Gloss on Grasses (Shi Cao) in the Erya records that liu is zhanglu. Careful verification: the three characters for liu zhanglu come from the Jade Tablets (Yupian) and not from the Erya. The original text is now carefully corrected according to the Jade Tablets (Yupian): Jade Tablets (Yupian) pronunciation: liu (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) pronunciation: liu (rising tone), sound is similar to liu (rising tone). Jade Tablets (Yupian) records: liu is zhanglu.