Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Cang Kangxi strokes: 21 Page 1495, Entry 36 Pronounced cang. A water bird. Book of Rites (Erya), Interpretation of Birds: The cang is the migua. Guo commentary: Now called migua. Sub-commentary: The cang is also known as the migua. Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on Sir Vacuous (Zixu fu): A pair of cang descend. Correctness commentary: The cang resembles a wild goose but is black in color. Han Poetry Outer Commentary (Han shi waizhuan): The cang is viviparous. Standard Character Guide (Zhengzitong): The cang is as large as a crane, with plumage of a greenish-grey color, though some are grey. It has a long neck and tall legs, with no red on the crown of the head, but red on both cheeks. In the region west of the pass, it is called gualu; in Shandong, it is called canggua; in the south, it is called cangji; and by the river, it is called maiji. There is also the cang-geng, which is the name of a bird. Originally written as cang. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Bin: There is the singing canggeng. Also, the qicang. Guo Pu, Rhapsody on the Yangtze River (Jiang fu): The dragon-carp has one horn, the qicang has nine heads. Pronounced qiang. Book of Odes (Shijing), Eulogies of Shang: Eight bells ringing cang-cang. Zheng annotation: The sound is harmonious. Book of Odes (Shijing), Eulogies of Zhou: The leather reins have cang. Mao Commentary on the Book of Odes: Refers to having proper order. Zheng annotation: The appearance of metal ornaments.