Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Character: Kun Kangxi strokes: 20 Page 1495, Entry 10 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced yun (falling tone). Approaching Classics (Erya), Explanation of Animals (Shi chu): A chicken measuring three feet is called kun. Guo commentary: The yanggou (a species of bird) and the giant kun are excellent chickens of old. Yangzi, Great Classic (Taijing): The kun chicken flies in the morning, landing in the north, twittering in harmony, never ceasing to eat. Zhang Heng, Western Capital Rhapsody (Xijing fu): The gae geese and the hong kun. Zhang Yi stated: The kun chicken is yellow and white, with a long chin and a red beak. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced kun. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced kun. Same as kun. Huainanzi, Overview of the Obscure (Lanming xun): To surpass the kun chicken at Guyu. Gao You commentary: The kun chicken is another name for the phoenix.