Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Zhen Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 1484, Entry 01 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): pronounced zhen (falling tone). Explanatory Notes on Characters (Shuowen): A poisonous bird. Comprehensive Collection (Yupian): A poisonous bird that eats snakes; its feathers are dipped in wine, and drinking it results in immediate death. Explanatory Dictionary (Guangya): The zhen bird. Its male is called yunri, and its female is called yinxie. Explanatory Records (Guangzhi): The zhen is shaped like an eagle, as large as an osprey, with black feathers, a long beak, and it feeds on snakes and acorns. Discourses of the States (Jinyu): Placing zhen in wine. Qu Yuan, Encountering Sorrow (Lisao): I ordered the zhen to be the go-between, but the zhen told me that it was not good. Also, there are birds with the same name but different kinds. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): In the Yao-bi mountains there is a bird shaped like a pheasant that constantly eats cockroaches, named zhen. Also commonly written as zhen (variant form). Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals (Zuozhuan), Year 1 of Duke Min: Indulging in ease is like drinking poison (zhen), one should not cherish it. Commentary: Zhen and zhen (the poison form) are interchangeable. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced tan (rising tone). The meaning is the same. Also pronounced dan (falling tone). A type of bird. Also written as a variant form.