Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Zhi Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 1485, Entry 21 From Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced zhi (falling tone). Same as pheasant. According to Refined Approaches (Guangya), it refers to a wild pheasant. Also, according to Collection of Characters (Zihui), zhi was called gu in ancient times. In the Book of Han (Hanshu), Five Elements Records: In the time of Duke Ai of Lu, a falcon landed in the courtyard of the Chen state. The commentary by Shigu states: A falcon is a bird of prey, which is the same as the zhi of today. Pronounced gu (rising tone).