Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Fish (yú) Die Kangxi stroke count: 20 Page 1474, Entry 01 Pronounced ta. Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): A sole or flounder fish. Erya (Approaching Elegance): In the east, there are sole fish; they cannot swim without being joined together, and their name is called die. Annotation: Their shape is like an ox, scales are fine, purple-black, with one eye; two pieces must join together to move. They are now found in waters everywhere. In the Jiangdong region, they are also called Wangyu fish. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Commentary on the Biography of Bian Rang: The sole fish is also called die; today in Jiangdong, they are called board fish. Yiwuzhi (Record of Strange Things): Another name is ruoye fish (bamboo leaf fish). Commonly called xiedi fish (shoe-sole fish). Linhai Zhi (Record of Linhai): Called bixi fish (maid's slipper fish). Fengtu Ji (Record of Local Customs): Called nujiao fish (slave's straw-sandal fish). Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): Sometimes written in a variant form (qu). Also, Jiyun: Pronounced die. Same meaning. Sometimes written as ta. Also, Jiyun: Pronounced qie. Same as the fish name ni. A fish name. Comes from the Pan state of Lelang. Also, Jiyun: Pronounced sha. Sha-die describes scales layered densely like a sequence. Another meaning is the appearance of decorations being layered. See the entry for the character sha.