Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Character: Yi Kangxi strokes: 23 Page 1500, Entry 21 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced yi (falling tone). Yi is a cormorant. Also, from the Book of Erya (Erya), chapter Explaining Birds: the ci-yi bird. The commentary by Guo states: it is the cormorant. Textual verification: In the Book of Erya (Erya), chapter Explaining Birds, it reads ci-yi. In accordance with the original text, the character yi has been corrected to yi.