Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Character: Liao Kangxi stroke count: 23 Page 1501, Entry 12 Pronounced liao. Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Single-component Characters and Analyzing Compound Characters): Dao-liao, an insect that eats the inside of reeds. Yupian (Jade Chapters): Jiao-liao, a small bird that lives in reeds. Commentary on the Exhortation to Learning (Quanxue Pian) by Xunzi: Meng-jiu is the same as jiao-liao. See the entry for the character jiao. Also pronounced liao. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): Liao-chun (a type of quail). Erya (Approaching Nearness): The liao-chun, its male is called peng. See the entry for the character peng. Also pronounced liao. The meaning is the same.