Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Jie Kangxi Stroke Count: 20 Page 1064, Entry 29 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced qie. Erya: Explaining Plants (Erya Shicao): Jieche is the same as Qiyu. Qu Yuan: Encountering Sorrow (Lisao): Planted liuyi and jieche. Materia Medica (Bencao): The herb jieche grows in Xuzhou. Note: The Shuo Wen Jie Zi (Shuowen) writes the character as jie. The Zhengzitong writes it as a variant. Standard rhyme dictionaries write it as jie. The Zhengzitong removes the character jie, but the basis for this is unknown.