Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Grain (hé) Character: ti Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 854, Entry 08 Pronounced ti According to the Explanation of Scripts and Sight of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), this was originally written as a variant form (ti). It refers to a type of sprout. Derived from the radical for grass (cao) with a phonetic component (ti). Guo Pu states: It resembles a reed and is a weed that spreads across the ground. The current standard text is written as ti. The Wings to the Er-ya (Erya Yi) notes: The ti plant produces grain that is fine. Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi), Autumn Floods chapter: Like the ti grain within the great granary. Commentary: Ti grain refers to millet. Li states: It is a type of grass that resembles a reed. It is also used interchangeably with the variant form (ti). Book of Changes (Yijing), Great Excess hexagram: The withered poplar produces sprouts. Wang Bi commentary: This refers to the flowering of a poplar. Zheng commentary: Written as ti, signifying the rebirth of the tree.