Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Kangxi Strokes: 16 Page 794, Entry 03 Ancient form. Pronounced gai (falling tone). To cover with thatch. From the Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan) regarding the fourteenth year of Duke Xiang: Your ancestor Wuli wore a thatch covering. The commentary states: White cogon grass is thatch; in the Jiangdong region today, it is called a covering. Also, to conceal or mask. From the Classic of History (Shangshu), in the charge to Zhong of Cai: You should conceal the faults of your predecessors. Also, to cover or shelter. From the Guan Yinzi, Chapter Eight Methods: Its height has nothing to cover it. Also, a carriage canopy. From the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Officers, Record of Artificers: The wheelwright makes a canopy to represent the heavens, ten feet in height. Also, a sentence-initial particle or expletive. From the Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes: To say that heaven is indeed high, to say that earth is indeed thick. Also, pronounced he (falling tone). Another term for a thatch covering. According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), in the Qing and Qi regions, a cattail mat is called a cattail covering. Also, interchangeable with he (a phonetic loan used to express why not). From the Book of Rites (Liji), Tan Gong: Why do you not speak of your ambitions to the Duke? Also, pronounced da (entering tone). A place name. From the Mencius: The King sent the minister of Ge, Wang Huan, to accompany the envoy. The commentary states: Ge is a minor city-state of Qi. From the History of the Former Han (Hanshu), Treatise on Geography: Ge is located in Taishan Commandery. Also, a surname. From the History of the Former Han (Hanshu), Biography of Cao Can: He heard that in Jiaoxi there was a Master Ge, who was skilled in the teachings of the Yellow Emperor and Laozi. Also, Ge Kuanrao, whose courtesy name was Cigong, a native of Weijun. Also, according to the Supplement to Rhymes (Yunbu), pronounced ji (falling tone), rhyming as ji. From the Rites of Gaotang by Song Yu: Rainbows serve as banners, kingfisher feathers as a canopy, rising and stopping with the wind, departing for a thousand miles.