Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 萺 Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 1043, Entry 08 According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced mao (falling tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it is a type of grass. Additionally, according to the Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced mu (falling tone). It refers to the grass known as mu. It is also the same as the character for alfalfa (mu).