Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Character: Ju Kangxi Stroke Count: 19 Page 1492, Entry 16 According to the Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun), the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), and the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is pronounced ju. The term jiaju refers to the cuckoo. In the Commentary on the Book of Odes (Shizhuan), it is written as jieju. In the History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), biography of Bao Xuan, it is written as jieju.