Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 莚 Kangxi stroke count: 13 Page 1034, Entry 16 Pronounced yan (rising tone) The name of a grass. Pronounced yan (falling rising tone) Man-yan, the appearance of being continuous and unbroken. As stated in the Rhapsody on the Capital of Shu (Shudu Fu): The wind carries the continuous and unbroken vines along the orchid-lined riverbanks.