Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 莧 Kangxi stroke count: 13 Page 1035, Entry 09 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced huan (falling tone), similar to the falling tone of the character xian. Shuowen Jiezi: The amaranth is a type of vegetable. Guangya: The amaranth is also known as meng. Guanzi, Earth Personnel chapter (Diyuan Pian): The quality is inferior to amaranth, and amaranth is inferior to the reed. Erya, Interpretation of Plants (Shicao): Kui refers to the red amaranth. Annotation: This refers to the current amaranth vegetable with a red stem. Yunhui, Zhengyun: Pronounced xian (falling tone), same sound as xian. Book of Changes (Yijing), Guai hexagram: The pokeweed is soft and weak. Annotation: The pokeweed refers to a soft and fragile grass. Ma Rong, Zheng Xuan, and Wang Su all state that pokeweed is also known as shanglu. Jiyun: Pronounced huan (falling tone), same sound as huan. Same as the character guan, referring to a smiling appearance. According to Jiyun, it is also pronounced huan (level tone), same sound as huan, referring to the small, thin horns of a mountain goat.