Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 苧 Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 1024, Entry 14 Pronounced zhu Name of a plant. Can be used to make rope. Book of Southern Capital (Nandu Fu) by Zhang Heng: Among its grasses are the basket-grass, the ramie, the fan-grass, and the sedge. Servant Contract (Tong Yue) by Wang Bao: Collect much rush and ramie to increase the production of ropes and cords. Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao): Take the roots of the ramie, mix them with rice flour to make cakes to ward off hunger; the taste is sweet and delicious. Also, Zhulu is the name of a mountain. Spring and Autumn of Wu and Yue (Wuyue Chunqiu): The girl from Zhulu Mountain who sold firewood was named Xi Shi Zheng Dan. Also, in the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced chu. The meaning is the same. Also used interchangeably with zhu. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Chen: The pond at the east gate can be used to soak ramie. Note: Ramie is the same as the character used here. Also written in the variant form (zhù). Textual research: In the Book of Southern Capital (Nandu Fu) by Zhang Heng, the text lists basket-grass, ramie, fan-grass, and sedge. The original text has been corrected from ping-guan to fan-guan.