Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Zhou Kangxi strokes: 17 Page 1489, Entry 08 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhou. Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): Zhou is the hutiaozhou bird. It resembles a mountain magpie but is smaller. It is also known as the qujiu. Literary Expositor (Erya), Explanation of Birds: The qujiu is the hutiaozhou. Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao): Its cry sounds like gou zhou ge zhe, which is the bird calling its own name. Also, Jade Chapters (Yupian): Pronounced zhao; Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhao. The meaning is the same. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhou. The meaning is the same. Also, Jade Chapters (Yupian): Pronounced diao; Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced diao. The meaning is the same. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced niao. Zhou describes the length of a boat. The character was originally written with the element for finished (liao) and the element for bird. Textual Research: In the Literary Expositor (Erya), Explanation of Birds, the entry hutiaojiu has been corrected to read hutiaozhou according to the original text.