Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fish (yú) Character: kuai Kangxi Stroke Count: 24 Page 1479, Entry 02 According to Expanded Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings (Guangyun), Compilation of Sounds and Meanings (Jiyun), and Correct Dictionary of Sounds (Zhengyun), pronounced kuai. It refers to meat sliced into thin strips. According to Manual of Standard Characters (Ganlu zishu), the form kuai is interchangeable with this character. According to Records of the Investigation of Objects (Bowuzhi), the King of Wu was traveling on a river and eating sliced raw fish. He threw the leftovers into the water, and they transformed into fish named sliced-fish-remnants, which are known today as icefish.