Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Palms (lü) Kangxi strokes: 19 Page 560, Entry 22 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced lü. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced lü. Palms. Sometimes written in a variant form (lü). See detailed notes under the entry for palm (zong). Also, in the Supplement to the Materia Medica (Bencao Shiyi): The palm tree is produced in Annam; its wood is hard, deep reddish-purple in color, and that which possesses grain patterns is known as patterned palm (hualü).