Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Character: li Kangxi strokes: 19 Page 1492, Entry 27 Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced li. Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced li, sounds the same as li. Identical to the characters li and li. Literary Expositor (Erya), Explanation of Birds: The li is the chu bird. Guo Pu commentary: It is the same as the canggeng (oriole). When it sings, the silkworms hatch. Also in Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced li. Also pronounced li. The meaning is the same.