Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Character: Long Kangxi Stroke Count: 27 Page 1504, Entry 20 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) state it is pronounced long. The pronunciation is the same as the character for dragon (lóng). It refers to a type of small bird. Broad Refinements (Guangya) defines it as a duck. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), House of Chu states: The regions of Zou, Fei, Tan, and Pi are the habitats of the luo-long birds. Xu Guang comments that this is a type of wild bird. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) states it is pronounced long. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) states it is pronounced long. Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun) states it is pronounced long. The pronunciation is the same as the character for cage (lóng). It refers to a type of wild duck. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) states it is pronounced long, meaning small. Also, Rhyme Collection (Yunhui) states it is pronounced long. The pronunciation is the same as the character for cage (lóng). The meaning is the same.