Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Ying Kangxi stroke count: 25 Page 1503, Entry 26 Pronounced ying (level tone). The yellow oriole. According to the Classic of Birds (Qin jing): The cry of the ying bird sounds like ying ying, which is how it derived its name. Others say: Because the ying bird has markings on its neck, the character uses ying (the character for a neck ornament) as its radical. Ying refers to a neck ornament. Sometimes also written in a variant form (ying). See also the entries for ying and li.