Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fish (yú) Kangxi strokes: 20 Page 1475, Entry 08 Pronounced sai. The bones located at the gills of a fish. Song History (Songshi): In the third year of the Chunhua era, elderly women in the capital decorated themselves with the bones from fish gills, calling them fish charms. Also, as seen in the History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu): fearful and anxious. Annotation: Pronounced xi, meaning the appearance of being fearful.