Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fish (yú) 鮠 Kangxi Strokes: 17 Page 1469, Entry 07 Guangyun (Comprehensive Rhymes): Pronounced wei Jiyun (Collective Rhymes): Pronounced wei The name of a type of fish. In appearance, it resembles a silurid or catfish. Leipian (Classified Chapters): This is a smaller variety of the anchovy. Bencao Tujing (Illustrated Classic of Materia Medica): The fish known as the yi is small-mouthed, with a yellow back and a white belly; this is what is called the wei. Zhengzitong (Comprehensive Guide to Characters): The wei resembles a catfish but is larger and white in color, with a fleshy fin on its back. People in the Qin region call it the otter fish.