Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 1024, Entry 01 Pronounced zhu Pronounced zhu (rising tone) Pronounced zhu (rising tone) A type of grass. It can be used to make ropes. Zhang Heng, Rhapsody on the Southern Capital (Nandu Fu): Among the grasses there are piao, zhu, fan, and guan. Wang Bao, Contract for a Youth (Tong Yue): Gather many reeds and ramie, and manufacture many ropes. Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao): The roots of the ramie plant are ground with rice flour to make cakes to ward off hunger; the taste is sweet. Also there is Zhulu, the name of a mountain. Annals of Wu and Yue (Wuyue Chunqiu): The firewood-selling women in Zhulu Mountain were named Xishi and Zhengdan. Pronounced chu The meaning is the same. Also commonly written as zhu. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Chen (Chen Feng): The pool outside the east gate can be used to soak ramie. Commentary: Zhu is the same as this. Also written as zhu. Textual Research: Zhang Heng, Rhapsody on the Southern Capital (Nandu Fu): Among the grasses there are piao, zhu, fan, and guan. According to the original text, the fan and guan have been corrected.