Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Character: Chi Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page 1489, Entry 15 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Same as chi. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), entry regarding Tiaozhi possessing large birds, commentary: Chi, its sound is like a hawk, its feet are like a camel, its color is dark blue-black, and when it lifts its head it stands eight or nine feet tall.