Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Grain (hé) Character: bai Kangxi stroke count: 13 Page 855, Entry 02 According to the Guangyun (Guangyun), Jiyun (Jiyun), and Yunhui (Yunhui) dictionaries, it is pronounced bai. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): a type of grain. Xu states: It resembles grain but is distinct. It is tibei (a type of weed). According to the Guangyun: A grass that resembles grain but has fine seeds. In the Mencius (Mengzi): If the harvest is not ripe, it is not as good as tibei grass. In the Book of the Later Han (Houhan shu), Biography of Guangwu: In the thirty-first year of Jianwu, grain fell like rain, shaped like the seeds of bai. Commentary: Bai is a grass that resembles grain. According to the Explaining the Six Scripts (Liushu gu): Bai has leaves that look like rice, is hairless between the nodes, has seeds like hemp, and damages crops. According to the Zhengzitong: There are two types, water bai and dry bai. According to the Yunhui: One definition is that it grows in water. In the poetry of Xie Lingyun: Reeds and bai rely on one another. Also means fine or small. In the Book of Han (Qianhan shu), Treatise on Literature and Arts: Minor novels are called baishuo (minor accounts). Also refers to baiguan (minor officials). Shigu commentary: This refers to minor officials. In the Old Book of Tang (Tang shu), Biography of Lu Zhi: Taxing the money of baifan (petty traders). Bai refers to the common people who are small-scale vendors.