Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Ru Kangxi stroke count: 20 Page 1063, Entry 02 According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced ru. A type of wood fungus. Also according to the Classified Chapters (Leipian), pronounced rou. The same as the character rou. In the Materia Medica (Bencao), it is referred to as fragrant ru. See the entry for the character rou for further details.