Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Deer (lù) Jing Kangxi stroke count: 24 Page 1511, Entry 26 According to the Tang Dynasty Rhyme Dictionary (Tangyun), it is pronounced jing. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui), and the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is pronounced jing. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it is a large deer. According to the Literary Expositor (Erya), in the section on explaining beasts, it states that the jing is a large deer, also known as the biao, which has a cow's tail and one horn. Annotation: When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty performed the suburban sacrifices at Yong, he obtained a one-horned beast that resembled a biao; this is what was referred to as the qilin. It is commonly written in a variant form (jing).