Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 蕠 Kangxi Stroke Count: 18 Page 1058, Entry 19 Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced nu; means to adhere or stick. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Zhang Shizhi: Use ramie fibers and cotton-wool, cut into ru to lacquer between them. Also, Jade Chapters (Yupian): Pronounced ru; refers to the grass known as ru lu. It is also written in a variant form (ru). See the detailed note under the character ru.