Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 葦; Kangxi strokes: 15; Page 1045 Jade Chapters (Yupian): Pronounced wei. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced wei. Shuowen Jiezi: Large reed. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wei: A single reed used to cross a river. Comprehensive Customs (Fengsu Tong): On New Year's Eve, decorate with peach wood figures, hang crossing reeds, and paint tigers on the door. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Yuan Hong: Served as the Minister of Pei, traveling in a reed carriage. Also a mountain name. Commentary on the Water Classic (Shuijing Zhu): East of the Yangtze River estuary is Reed Mountain. Also from Categorized Chapters (Leipian): Pronounced wei. Erya, Explanation of Grasses: The reed is called tiao. Xie Qiao reads it in the level tone. Also from Sea of Chapters (Pianhai): Pronounced wei. Zhuangzi, Lie Yukou: Wearing tattered clothes and eating. Also written as a variant form. Textual Research: Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wei: A single reed used to cross a river. According to the original text, corrected from the character hang to the character hang.