Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fish (yú) 鰳 Kangxi strokes: 22 Page 1476, Entry 01 Sea of Documents (Pianhai): Pronounced le. Correction of Popular Errors (Zhengzitong): The lechi fish swims to the surface of the sea during the fourth month, and fishermen catch it by listening for the sound of the water. Its shape resembles the reeves shad, with a small head and fine scales; it has hard spines beneath its abdomen. Those that are dried are called dried lechi.