Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Character: Yao Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 1486, Entry 16 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced yao (rising tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced yao (rising tone) Pronounced yao (rising tone) Jade Chapters (Yupian): Yao is a fish. Approaching Elegance (Erya), Explanation of Birds: The head of a yao. Commentary by Guo: It resembles a wild duck; in the region east of the Yangtze River, it is called a fish. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): On Qingyao Mountain there is a bird called yao, which resembles a wild duck, has a green body, vermillion eyes, and a red tail. Consuming it is beneficial for having children. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ao (falling tone). Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ao (falling tone). Also: Pronounced you (falling tone). The meaning is the same.