Zi Collection, Upper Volume, Page 12, Entry 02 Radical: Ox (niú) Pronounced yu (rising tone) In the "Jiyun" and "Zhengyun," it is recorded that the pronunciation of this character is "niú jū qiè," sounding similar to "yú." The "Jiyun" explains that a horse with white eyes is called "ní." According to the commentary, the phrase "yǒu ní yǒu yú" in the "Book of Odes (Shijing)" originally used the character "ní."