Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Character: Yi Kangxi strokes: 19 Page 1493, Entry 15 Pronounced yi. A type of water bird. The male and female birds can conceive through mutual gaze. Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi), Chapter on Heavenly Revolutions: The yi birds gaze at one another; without moving their pupils, they are influenced and conceive. Xie Lingyun (Xie Lingyun), Rhapsody on Mountain Living: Among birds, there are the kun, the hong, the yi, and the hu. Also serves as a variant of the character yi. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Song: Six yi birds flew backward. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan): Written as yi. Also pronounced ni. The meaning is the same. Also pronounced yi. A type of bird. Sometimes written as a variant form yi.