Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fish (yú) Character: Qiu Kangxi Stroke Count: 22 Page 1477, Entry 09 Collected Rimes (Jiyun) states: Pronounced qiu. Same as the character qiu. A type of fish. It resembles the bream, but has larger scales; the meat is fatty and delicious, but it contains many bones. Additionally, Strange Things Gazetteer (Yiwuzhi) states: The qiu fish is the transformed state of the qiu bird; thus, there are two bird kidneys inside its belly. Additionally, Collected Rimes (Jiyun) states: Pronounced qiu. The meaning is the same.