Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fish (yú) Character: Fu Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 1468, Entry 01 Pronounced fu (falling tone) Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): Name of a fish. Guangya (Expanded Er Ya): It is the ji fish. Erya Yi (Commentary on the Erya): The fu is the ji fish. It is now written as ji. Book of Changes (Yijing), Well hexagram: Wells and valleys shoot the fu. Shitwen (Explanation of Text): According to the Zixia Commentary, it refers to a toad. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), Master's Wedding Rites: Use the fu fish. Commentary: The meaning implies that a husband and wife rely on each other. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguo Ce): What is called no pheasant, rabbit, or fu fish. Note: The fu fish is a small fish. Zhuangzi, External Things: There was a fu fish in the wheel rut. Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang (Youyang Zazu): The fu of Dongting Lake. Lu Dian stated: This fish likes to travel in groups, blowing bubbles like stars; because they attach to each other, they are called ji, and because they rely on each other, they are called fu. Liu Shao, Seven Flowers: The fu of Dongting Lake, originating from the Jiang and Min rivers, with red fat, green heads, vermilion tails, and emerald scales. Pronounced pu Meaning is the same.