Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 荑 Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 1031, Entry 07 Pronounced ti. Yu Pian (Jade Chapters): Newly sprouted cogon grass. Book of Odes (Shijing), Beifeng: To gather newly sprouted grass from the wilderness as a gift. Book of Odes (Shijing), Weifeng: Hands as soft as newly sprouted grass shoots. Also refers to the appearance of plants when they first sprout. Book of Jin (Jinshu), Biography of Guo Pu: Orchids and newly sprouted shoots vie to emerge. Poetry of Xie Lingyun: Newly sprouted green willows in the low-lying wetlands of the plains. Also refers generally to weeds. Mencius: If it does not mature, it is no better than weeds or tares. Commonly written with the character ti (cereal grass). Pronounced yi. Erya (Approaching Elegance), Explaining Grasses: Wuti, also known as lili. Commentary: Wuti is a type of grass, also known as baikui. Also, cutting away weeds is called ti. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Earth Office: For all crops planted in marshlands, submerge the weeds in water before cutting them away. Sometimes written in a variant form. Textual research: Poetry of Xie Lingyun: Vegetation like newly sprouted green willows. We have corrected the text to read plains and wetlands in accordance with the original poem.