Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dog (quǎn) Entry: Piao Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 718, Entry 16 Broad Rimes (Guangyun) and Collected Rimes (Jiyun), pronounced bo and mu, resulting in the pronunciation bu. According to Broad Rimes (Guangyun), the piao-qian is a creature of the southern barbarians, with a tail several inches long, dwelling in nests in the mountain forests. Mentioned in Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing).