Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 葦 Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 1045, Entry 28 Jade Compendium (Yupian): Pronounced wei (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced wei (rising tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Large reed. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wey: Cross it with a single reed. Popular Customs (Fengsu Tong): On New Year's Eve, decorate with peach wood figurines, hang reed knots, and paint tigers on the door. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Yuan Hong: Served as the Minister of Pei and traveled in a reed cart. Also the name of a mountain. Commentary on the Water Classic (Shuijing Zhu): To the east of the river bank lies Reed Mountain. Also from Classified Chapters (Leipian): Pronounced wei (level tone). Erya, Explanation of Plants: The reed is called tiao. Xie Qiao reads it with a level tone. Also from Sea of Characters (Pianhai): Pronounced wei (falling tone). Zhuangzi, Lie Yukou: Weaving mugwort to eat. Also written as the variant form (wei). Textual Research: In Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wey, the character for navigate should be corrected to the character for cross based on the original text.