Zi Collection, Upper Volume, Page 4, Entry 01 Pronounced niú A type of grass. "Yùpiān" (Jade Dictionary) uses the characters "yú" and "qiū" for the phonetic reading. "Jíyùn" (Rhymes) uses the characters "yú" and "yóu" for the phonetic reading. The pronunciation is the same as "niú" (ox). "Lèipiān" (Categorized Rhymes) records: "cǎo xī" is a medicinal herb. "Běncǎo" (Materia Medica) records: The grass seedling grows two to three feet high, with leaves that are pointed and round like spoons, growing in pairs opposite each other. It has nodes like an ox's knees, and flowers bloom at the nodes in spike-like clusters. It bears fruit in autumn.