Zi Collection, Page Position: Upper, Radical: Bird (niǎo), Page 110, Entry 02
Pronounced wǔ bīng qiè (falling tone) according to the "Guangyun" (Guangyun). Pronounced méi bīng qiè (falling tone) according to the "Jiyun" (Jiyun), "Yunhui" (Yunhui), and "Zhengyun" (Zhengyun), with the same pronunciation as "míng" (míng). The "Guangyun" records: A jiāo tiáo (jiāo tiáo) is a bird resembling a phoenix, a divine bird of the south. The "Bencaozhu" (Bencaozhu) records: During the Jianwu (Jianwu) era, a large bird with five-colored plumage gathered in the Eastern Capital, named jiāo tiáo (jiāo tiáo). Shen Yue (Shen Yue) said: Jiāo tiáo (jiāo tiáo) is a bird that appears in response to the virtue of water. It is also written as "jiāo míng" (jiāo míng). In "Liu Xiang - Jiutan" (Liu Xiang - Jiutan), it is written: Ascending and soaring with phoenixes, following heavenly cranes and jiāo míng (jiāo míng).
Additionally, the "Yunbu" (Yunbu) provides the pronunciation yè mó láng qiè (falling tone), with the same pronunciation as "máng" (máng). In "Sima Xiangru - Shanglin Fu" (Sima Xiangru - Shanglin Fu), it is written: Skimming past the yì niǎo (yì niǎo), brushing past the phoenix, swiftly surpassing the yuān chú (yuān chú), and covering the jiāo míng (jiāo míng).