Hai Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Bird (niǎo). Kangxi strokes: 28. Page 1504, Entry 31. Pronounced ying. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), the parrot is a bird capable of speech. In the History of the Former Han (Qian Han Shu), Biography of Emperor Wu, it is recorded that the state of Nanyue presented a bird capable of speech. The commentary by Yan Shigu states: Parrots today are found in Longxi and the South Sea. There is a white variety, a green variety, and a multi-colored variety. The white and multi-colored ones are particularly intelligent and capable of understanding. Shi Kuang referred to it as the Qiangao, while Li Fang called it the Long Guest. Also refers to the cangying. In the Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), Commentary on the Seventeenth Year of Duke Zhao by Du Yu, it is noted that the blue bird is the cangying. It chirps at the beginning of spring and stops at the beginning of summer. Also refers to the nautilus. The Records of Strange Things in the Southern Regions states: The nautilus shell is shaped like an overturned cup; its head resembles a crow’s head, and looking at its belly, it resembles a parrot. In the Rhapsody on the Yangtze River (Jiang Fu) by Guo Pu, it is described as a spiraling snail. In the Letters of Yu Xin, it is described as a parrot holding a cup. Refer to the character wu for further details.