Chou Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Woman (nǚ)
Niao
Kangxi strokes: 13
Page 269, Entry 05
Guangyun: Pronounced niao (rising tone)
Jiyun, Yunhui, Zhengyun: Pronounced niao (rising tone)
The appearance of something moving in the wind.
Chu Ci (Songs of Chu), Nine Songs (Jiuge): The autumn wind sighs softly.
Also, the appearance of being slender, long, and delicate.
Bao Zhao's poems: Slender and delicate, the willow branches hang down.
Also, the quality of being melodious and lingering.
Su Shi, Ode on the Red Cliff (Chibi Fu): The remaining sound lingers on.
Liushu Gu (Origins of the Six Writings): Equivalent to niao. Commonly written as niao.
Also, Jiyun and Yunhui: Pronounced ruo (falling tone)
Zhengyun: Pronounced ruo (falling tone)
The appearance of being slender and long.
Sima Xiangru, Shanglin Fu (Rhapsody on the Shanglin Park): Delicate and slender.
Also, Jiyun: Pronounced duo
Also, pronounced ni (falling tone)
Meaning is the same.