Shen Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Grass (cǎo)
Wú; Kangxi strokes: 18; Page 1019
Pronounced wú
Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Weeds.
Songs of the South (Chusci), Lament for Ying (Lisao): Lamenting that the many fragrant grasses are overgrown and dirty.
Also, Erya: Explication of Ancient Words (Erya Shigu): Wú means abundant.
Note: Refers to luxuriance. Also refers to being desolate or abandoned.
Songs of the South (Chusci), Lamenting Ying (Aiying): Who allowed the two eastern gates to become desolate?
Also, Xiao Erya: Refers to grass.
Also, a place name.
Bao Zhao, Commentary on the Rhapsody of Wucheng (Wucheng Fu Zhu): Refers to the old city of Guangling.
Also, a lake name.
History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qianhan Shu), Treatise on Geography: Danyang Commandery has Wuhu.
Also, synonymous with wǔ (a covered walkway or corridor).
Book of Documents (Shangshu), Great Plan (Hongfan): The hundred grasses grow in profusion.
Textual research:
Songs of the South (Chusci), Lament for Ying (Lisao): Lamenting the overgrowth and dirtiness of the many grasses. Following the original text, changed many grasses to many fragrant plants.
Erya: Explication of Plants (Erya Shicao): Bāowúmào. Note: Wú means abundant. Following the original text, changed Explication of Plants to Explication of Evidence. Changed Bāowúmào to Wú means abundant. Changed Wúfēng to Abundant and lush.