Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fish (yú) Hu (25 strokes) Page 1479, Entry 35 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced hu (falling tone). Explanation of Writing (Shuowen): A type of fish. Approaching Elegance (Erya), Explanation of Fish: The pi fish is the larger form of the hu fish. Note: The hu is similar to the sheatfish but larger, and it is white in color. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): The Wei River flows east and pours into the Yellow River, where the hu and min fish reside. Illustrated Classic of Materia Medica (Bencao Tujing): When the mouth and belly of a sheatfish are both large, it is named hu. Classified Chapters (Leipian): Sometimes written in a variant form (hu). Also, Guang Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhymes Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced hua (level tone). Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced huo (entering tone). The meaning is the same.