Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Character: Yang Kangxi Dictionary Strokes: 16 Page 1487, Entry 01 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collection Rhyme (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced yang. Mandarin duck, a bird that lives in pairs. Jingchu Record (Jingchuji): Yang is also known as the jie-mu bird (knot-wood bird). Also, the purple mandarin duck is another name for the crested sheldrake. Also, the oriole is sometimes called the yellow yang. Also refers to a type of roof tile. Su Shi poem: The tile plays with the cold toad, the yang reclines upon the moon. Also used as a name. Liang Yang, see Liezi (Book of Master Lie). Wen Yang, see Book of Jin (Jinshu). Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collection Rhyme (Jiyun): Pronounced yang. The meaning is the same. For further details, please refer to the annotation for the character yuan (mandarin duck).