Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fish (yú) Character: Qian Kangxi stroke count: 21 Page 1476, Entry 16 Guangyun (Broad Rhymes), Jiyun (Collected Rhymes), and Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes) state the pronunciation is qian. Guangya (Expanded Refinements) states: A large eel is called a qian. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Include the yu, yong, qian, and tuo fish. Commentary states: The qian resembles an eel.