Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Short-tailed bird (zhuī) Entry: Lao Kangxi stroke count: 19 Page 1369, Entry 10 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced liu (falling tone). Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): A large fledgling bird. Formed from the short-tailed bird radical with the sound of the phonetic component liao. Another source states that a late-born pheasant is called lao. Also, according to the Extensive Refinement (Guangya): Lao.