Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Zhu Kangxi Stroke Count: 17 Page 1052, Entry 13 Pronounced zhu Book of Odes (Shijing), Minor Odes: When I travel in the fields, I say I shall gather the zhu. Commentary: Zhu is a noxious vegetable. Annotation: It is the ox-sorrel. Lu notes: People today call it sheep-hoof. Erya, Explanation of Plants: Zhu is horse-tail. Also pronounced zhu (falling tone), with the same meaning. Also in the Extensive Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings (Guangyun), it is the same as the character li.