Shen Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Insect (chóng). Character: Tè. Kangxi Stroke Count: 18. Page 1096, Entry 36. Yupian (Jade Chapters): Pronounced te. An insect that eats the leaves of grain seedlings. Erya (Approaching Elegance): An insect that eats leaves is called te. Tangyun (Tang Rhymes): Written as a variant form. Shuowen (Explaining Graphs): Cites the Book of Odes (Shijing), where it is written as te. Originally written as te. Liushu Zheng'e (Rectification of the Six Writings): Commonly written in a variant form, which is incorrect.