Hai Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Bird (niǎo). Jian. Kangxi brush strokes: 21. Page 1497, Entry 02. According to Broad Rimes (Guangyun), Rimes Collected (Jiyun), and Collection of Rimes (Yunhui), pronounced jian. According to Correct Rimes (Zhengyun), pronounced jian. A bird with fused wings. In the Literary Expositor (Erya), section Explaining Birds, it states that in the south there is a bird with fused wings; if they do not pair up, they cannot fly. Their name is called jianjian. Guo comments that they resemble wild ducks, are blue-red in color, and each has one eye and one wing; they must be together in order to fly. According to the Guide to Standard Characters (Zhengzitong), the Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing) notes that on Chongwu Mountain there is a bird resembling a wild duck, with one wing and one eye, called jian. In the Records of Forgotten Matters (Shiyiji), it is recorded that during the time of King Cheng of Zhou, the Ranqui state presented this bird, which looked like a magpie and was very strong. The Commentary on the Classic of Waterways (Shuijingzhu) states that Linyi has a bird with fused wings named the guifei bird, whose cry calls out its own name. Based on these various accounts, it is present in both the Western Sea and the Southern Mountains; jianjian and the jian of the Classic of Mountains and Seas are in fact one and the same.