Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Character: Lou Kangxi strokes: 22 Page 1499, Entry 19 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced lou. Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced lou. Erya, Explaining Birds (Erya, Shinia): Lanlou is a wild goose. Guo Commentary: The wild goose of today. Also written as lou. Explaining Graphs (Shuowen): Lanlou is a wild goose. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced lou. Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced lou. Meaning is the same. Also, Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced lu. Lou is the name of a bird; it is the cuckoo. Five Sounds Collection of Rhymes (Wuyin Jiyun): Written as a variant form (lou).