Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Character: Pi Kangxi Stroke Count: 19 Page 1492, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced pi (rising tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhymes Compendium (Yunhui): Pronounced pi (rising tone) Pronounced pi (rising tone) Pi-ju, a type of bird. Literary Expositor (Erya), Explanation of Birds: Yu-si is the pi-ju. Commentary: This is the crow-raven. It is small and lives in large flocks, with a white belly. In the Jiangdong region, it is also called the pi-raven. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced bei Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhymes Compendium (Yunhui): Pronounced bei The meaning is the same. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written as a variant form.