Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 蔦 Kangxi strokes: 17 Page 1055, Entry 14 Pronounced niǎo. Refers to a parasitic plant. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes of the Kingdom: The mistletoe and the dodder, spread over the pine and cypress. Also, pronounced niǎo according to Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun). Also, pronounced diào according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun). The meaning is the same. According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it is sometimes written with the wood radical as in the form mu-niao.