Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 藖; Kangxi strokes: 21; Page 1065, Entry 06 According to Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced xian (falling tone), same sound as xian. Refers to violet (jin) grass. Also according to Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced xian (rising tone), same sound as xian. Refers to chopped fodder or leftover grass stalks. Yuan Jie poems: Does one perhaps wish to be in the horse trough, competing to eat coarse grains and fodder. Also according to Broad Glossary (Boya), xian is exactly that. Also pronounced qian (level tone), same sound as qian. A name of a certain type of grass.