Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fish (yú) Character: Scale Kangxi stroke count: 23 Page 1478, Entry 22 Pronounced lin. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): The armor of a fish. Yupian (Jade Chapters): The scales of fish and dragons. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Office of Earth, Grand Minister of Instruction: Its animal category is suitable for scaly creatures. Note: Scales, a classification belonging to dragons. Book of Rites (Liji), Monthly Ordinances: Its creatures are those with scales. Note: A classification belonging to dragons and snakes. Huainanzi, Treatise on Topography: All those with scales are born from ordinary fish. Zhengzitong (True Character Guide): The double-scaled fish is produced in the waters of Dongyang Mountain in Shimen County, Huguang. Its scales have two layers, differing from other fish, and its taste is rich and delicious. Also a surname. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), 16th Year of Duke Wen: Lin Ju served as Minister of Instruction. Leipian (Classified Chapters): Sometimes written in a variant form. Four characters are missing from this entry, including one space. Now supplemented here.