Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Tiao Kangxi Stroke Count: 17 Page 1052, Entry 07 According to the Tang Dynasty Rhyme Dictionary (Tangyun), pronounced ti. Tiaotiao, see the entry for the character tiao. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced tiao. According to the Erya (Approaching Elegance), in the chapter interpreting grasses, the plant known as miao is also called tiao. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), pronounced tiao. The meaning is the same. Also used interchangeably with tiao. According to the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), in the biography of Zhou Bo, Yafu was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Tiao. The commentary notes that tiao and tiao are both written as tiao in various versions. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced xiu. Meaning to speak.