Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Character: Ye Kangxi stroke count: 19 Page 1493, Entry 01 Pronounced ye (falling tone). A species of bird. It resembles a pheasant. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): On Danzhang Mountain there is a bird that resembles a pheasant, with markings on its head, white wings, and yellow feet. It is named white ye, and consuming it can cure throat pain.