Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Jian Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 1045, Entry 14 Pronounced mi (rising tone). Erya, Explaining Plants (Erya Shicao): Jian is spring grass. Commentary: Mang grass is also known as spring grass; commonly called wang grass. Textual research: In Erya, Explaining Plants (Erya Shicao), it states: Jian is spring grass. Commentary: Lan grass is also known as mang grass. According to the original text, corrected lan to mang. Corrected mang to spring.