Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Character: Ci Kangxi strokes: 20 Page 1494, Entry 11 Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced chi. Same as the character denoting a type of water bird (chi). Xi-chi, a type of water bird. Xie Lingyun, Rhapsody on the Xi-chi: Surveying the myriad kinds of water fowl, truly none are more beautiful than the Xi-chi. Also, in the Dictionary of Characters (Zihui), Ci is the same as the character for partridge (zhe).