Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 蒒 Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 1048, Entry 03 Pronounced shi Yu Pian: A type of grass. Record of Diverse Matters (Bowuzhi): There is a grass on the sea named shi. Its fruit can be eaten like barley. It ripens in the seventh month. Common people call it natural grain, or also call it Yu Yu Liang (remnant grain of Yu).