Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fish (yú) Character: Jian Kangxi Strokes: 21 Page 1475, Entry 17 Pronounced jian (level tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): Name of a fish. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): Flatfish. Yupian (Jade Chapters): Same as above. Also pronounced xian (level tone). Same meaning. Also pronounced jian (falling tone). Name of a fish. Large and blue. Also pronounced qian (falling tone). Same meaning.