Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Fish (yú) Kangxi Strokes: 20 Page 1473, Entry 30 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced hou. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced hou. Sound is hou. Explanatory Notes on Characters (Shuowen): Name of a fish. Comprehensive Refined Dictionary (Boya): The hou is the tuo. Universal Book (Yupian): The hou is a fish. Also known as the river puffer, one name is the houyi. See the previous entry for the puffer character for further details.