Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Lan Kangxi Stroke Count: 19 Page 1492, Entry 12 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced liu (falling tone). Explanation from the Analytical Dictionary of Chinese Characters (Shuowen): Lan refers to the lou-e (wild goose). Explanation of Birds from the Erya (Erya Shiniao): Lan is the lou-e. Guo Pu commentary: The present-day wild goose. Analytical Dictionary of Chinese Characters (Shuowen): The lou-e. Textual research: In the Explanation of Birds from the Erya (Erya Shiniao), the text reads lan-lou. According to the original text, the character for goose has been added after lan-lou.