Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 葩 Kangxi Dictionary strokes: 15 Page 1045, Entry 32 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced pa (level tone). Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Flower. Zhang Heng, Western Capital Rhapsody (Xijing Fu): Spreading the red flowers in a playful manner. Also, Rhyme Supplement (Yunbu): Rhymes with po. Zhang Heng, Rhapsody on Thinking (Si Fu): The atmosphere of heaven and earth is pervasive, and the hundred plants contain their flowers. Rhymes with the character he. Classified Anthology (Leipian): Also written as bo, also written as pa.