Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Character: 鷕 Kangxi strokes: 22 Page 1499, Entry 01 Pronounced yǎo Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Script and Explanation of Characters): The cry of a female pheasant. Book of Odes (Shijing), Beifeng: The female pheasant cries out. Pan Yue, Shooting Pheasant Rhapsody (Shezhi fu): The wheat gradually sprouts its awns, the pheasant cries out in the morning. Pronounced wéi Meaning same as above. Book of Odes (Shijing), Beifeng, Lu Deming Sound and Meaning: Also pronounced as shui. Pronounced yǎo Pronounced xiǎo Meaning same as above.