Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Character: Mao Kangxi stroke count: 20 Page 1494, Entry 45 Pronounced mao. According to the Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun), it refers to the bird known as the mao-chi (an owl). According to the Erya: Explaining Birds, it is identified as a kuang (a type of owl), which is a mao-chi. The character was originally written as mao, to which the bird radical was popularly added.