Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Character: Qiu Kangxi strokes: 20 Page 1494, Entry 26 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced qiu. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhymes Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced qiu. Jade Chapter (Yupian): A water bird. Another name is Old Supporter (fulao). Cui Bao, Ancient and Modern Commentary (Gujin Zhu): Old Supporter is the Bald Qiu. Its appearance is like a crane but larger. Book of Odes (Shijing), Small Elegantiae (Xiaoya): There is a Qiu bird at the weir. Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao): Li Shizhen says: The Bald Qiu is a large water bird. It is a bluish-grey color, with a long neck and red eyes. Its head and neck are hairless; the skin on its neck is red, resembling the crown of a crane. Its beak is deep yellow, flat, and straight, measuring over one foot in length. Most birds shed their feathers and become bald in autumn, but this bird's head is bald as if it were shedding in autumn, similar to an elderly person who is bald or the staff of an old man, hence the name Old Supporter. In the Elegantiae (Ya), it is noted that the Qiu has a greedy and fierce nature; it is commonly called the Bald Qiu today. Note: Bald Qiu is written as a variant form in the Explaining Graphs (Shuowen). It is commonly called the Cormorant (ci), resembling a pelican, with claws like a chicken.