Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Yao Kangxi Dictionary strokes: 21 Page 1497, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced yao (falling tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced yao (falling tone) Explanation from Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): A bird of prey. It is the bird known as the yun-fu-que. Liezi (Liezi), Chapter of Heavenly Omens (Tianrui): The sparrowhawk becomes a kestrel, the kestrel becomes a cuckoo, and in time it returns to being a sparrowhawk; such is the transformation of things. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced yao (level tone) Jade Compendium (Yupian): A five-colored pheasant. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Name of a large pheasant. Approaching Elegance (Erya), Explaining Birds (Shi niao): Regarding the entry for pheasant, the commentary notes: A green base with five colors. Textual verification: The original text of Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen) defines this as a bird of prey. The commentary in Approaching Elegance (Erya), Explaining Birds, regarding the pheasant entry states it has a green base with five colors, which is the bird referred to as the yun-fu-huan. According to the text of Approaching Elegance, the pronunciation of the pheasant entry is yao, found under the phonetic reading yao (level tone), not under the phonetic reading yao (falling tone). Furthermore, a pheasant is not a bird of prey and should not be classified under the heading for birds of prey. Following the logical analysis of the text, the eleven characters stating it has a green base with five colors have been moved to follow the entry for large pheasant name in the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), and the character for sparrow has been corrected to huan in accordance with the Approaching Elegance (Erya).