Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Wei Kangxi Stroke Count: 17 Page 1054, Entry 27 Pronounced wei (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): Male mugwort. Book of Odes (Shijing): Not the mugwort but the wei. Also, Yupian (Jade Chapters): Motherwort. Also, the appearance of luxuriant vegetation. Boya (Broad Refinement): Wei wei, meaning lush. Book of Odes (Shijing): Dense and luxuriant. Also, Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes): The appearance of patterns being deep and dense. Book of Changes (Yijing): Its patterns are elegant. Also, Tangyun Guyin (Ancient Pronunciations of Tang Rhymes): Pronounced yu (falling tone). Name of a prefecture. Gangmu Jilan (Comprehensive Review of the Outline): Wei Prefecture, originally Dai territory, established by Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou dynasty. Yilin Fashan (Clearing the Mountains of Art and Literature): Du Fu poem: Above is the azure (yu) sky. Pronounced yu.