Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Grain (hé) Character: Sui Kangxi stroke count: 18 Page 860, Entry 32 Pronounced sui (falling tone). Refers to the head or ear of grain. Discussed in Explaining Graphs and Analysis of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it describes the appearance of grain seedlings. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes of the Kingdom: The grain is lush and abundant. Commentary states: The term describes grain seedlings that are beautiful and flourishing. In the Compilation of Five Sounds and Rhymes (Wuyin Jiyun), it is also written in a variant form.