Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fish (yú) Character: Shao Kangxi stroke count: 18 Page 1470, Entry 19 Pronounced shao. A sea fish with a shape resembling the sheath of a whip. According to the Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao), the shao fish has an abdomen resembling a horse whip and a tail with two forks like a whip sheath, which is how it derived its name. It is found in rivers and lakes. Also, pronounced xiao. The meaning is the same.