Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fish (yú) Character: 魼 Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 1467, Entry 08 Pronounced xu. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters): A type of fish. Leipian (Classified Collection of Characters): Another name for the flatfish. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Mentioning the fish known as yu-yu and the flatfish. Commentary: The flatfish. Its shape resembles the spleen of a cow; it has fine scales, is purple in color, and two must swim together to move. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): On Di Mountain there is a fish; its shape is like an ox, with a snake's tail, wings, and feathers under its flanks, called the xu-fish. Yupian (Jade Chapters): Also written as the flatfish (die). Leipian (Classified Collection of Characters): Sometimes written in a variant form (chuo). Pronounced ta. Pronounced xie. Meaning same as above.