Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fish (yú) Character: 鯦 Kangxi stroke count: 19 Page 1473, Entry 09 Pronounced jiu (rising tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Single-component Characters and Analyzing Compound Characters): To correspond mutually. Erya (Approaching Elegance), Interpretation of Fish: The jiu is the danghu fish. Commentary: A sea fish. See the detailed commentary under the entry for the danghu fish. Also, pronounced jiu (falling tone). Same meaning. Also, pronounced qiu (rising tone). A type of fish. It resembles a bream but has large scales; it is fatty and delicious, though it has many small bones. Sometimes written in a variant form (qiu). Also, pronounced qiu (rising tone). Same meaning. Also, pronounced ai (rising tone). Refers to the shuwei fish.