Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 菘 Kangxi Stroke Count: 14 Page 1038, Entry 06 Pronounced song. Yu Pian (Jade Chapters): The name of a vegetable. Book of Southern Dynasties (Nan Shi), Biography of Zhou Yong: Late cabbages in late autumn. Pi Ya (Amplification of Elegantia): The nature of the cabbage does not wither in the depths of winter; it is seen throughout the four seasons, possessing the moral integrity of the pine tree, which is why the character is ideographic. Jiyun (Collected Rhymes): Sometimes also written in a variant form (fēng).