Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fish (yú) Character: Shi Kangxi strokes: 21 Page 1475, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui) define it as pronounced shi. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) defines it as pronounced shi. A type of fish. It resembles the bream and is very fatty and delicious. It is found in the region east of the Yangtze River during the fourth month. Sometimes also written in a variant form. Exegesis of Fishes (Erya): Also known as the danghu. Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): Commonly written as shi.