Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Ting Kangxi Strokes: 13 Page 1034, Entry 17 Pronounced ting. In the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to a stem. In the History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Dongfang Shuo: Striking a bell with a grass stem. The commentary explains this as referring to a dry stalk. In the Collection of Characters (Yupian), it is said that the sound cannot be produced. In a poem by Han Yu: Like striking a giant bell with a small grass stem. Also, in the Zhuangzi, Chapter on the Equality of Things (Qi wulun): Lifting a grass stem or a pillar, a ragged or ugly person or the beauty Xi Shi, the wide, the twisted, the strange, the miraculous—the Dao unites them as one. The commentary by Sima Zhen states that the term here refers to a roof beam. Also pronounced ting (third tone). The meaning is the same.