Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fish (yú) Character: Lian Kangxi Stroke Count: 22 Page 1476, Entry 01 Tang Dynasty Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced lian. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced lian. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): A type of fish. Guangya: Same as the xu fish. Commentary on the Grass, Trees, Insects, and Fish in the Classic of Poetry (Lu Ji Cao Mu Chong Yu Shu): The xu fish is called lian by the people of Xuzhou. Rhapsody on the River (Guo Pu Jiang Fu): The scaly anteater and the lian fish. Also in Formal Pronunciation Guide (Zhengzitong): The yong fish resembles the lian fish; commonly called black lian.