Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Lui Kangxi strokes: 25 Page 1071, Entry 31 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced lui. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced lui. Pronounced lui. Shuowen Jiezi: Name of a tree. Erya, Explanation of Trees: The mountain lui resembles kudzu. The tiger lui has hair and thorns. Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui): Citing the commentary to the Erya, it states: In the regions east of the Yangtze River, the yingyu is called the thousand-year lui. This is what is now called the ten-thousand-year vine. Large ones are like bowls, which is why the character contains the wood radical. Its shape spreads like grass, which is why it contains the grass radical, being positioned between grass and wood. Correction of Characters (Zhengzitong): Same as lui. Note: According to the Shuowen Jiezi, the Tang Rhymes, and other books, the character lui with the grass radical refers to grass, while the character lui with the wood radical refers to a tree; the meanings of the two characters are distinct. The claim in the Correction of Characters is incorrect.