Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Character: gāo Kangxi Strokes: 23 Page 1501, Entry 04 Guangyun (Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings): Pronounced gāo. Jiyun (Compilation of Sounds and Meanings): Pronounced gāo. Guangyun: Gāo is the name of a bird. Also refers to gāojū. Erya (Approaching Elegance), Commentary on Birds by Lu Ji: The jiu is a small dove, which people in Youzhou sometimes call gāojū. Also Jiyun: Pronounced gǎo. The meaning is the same. Jiyun: Originally written as gāo. Also written in a variant form.