Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Fu Kangxi stroke count: 19 Page 1491, Entry 39 Pronounced fu. The fu bird resembles an owl and is considered an inauspicious bird. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Autumn Offices, Zheng Commentary: The yao bird is a bird with an unpleasant cry, such as an owl. It was originally written as fu. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Jia Yi: An owl flew into the house of Jia Yi and landed beside his seat. People in the Chu region call owls fu. Orthography Compendium (Zhengzitong): The fu is a mountain owl that emits an unpleasant sound at night. It cannot fly far, as if it has been forcibly subdued, which is how it acquired its name.