Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) 鸥 Kangxi strokes: 22 Page 1499, Entry 12 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced ou. Shuowen: Ou is a water owl. Also known as yi. Li Shizhen says: The ou bird floats upon the water, drifting lightly like foam (ou). Also written in the original form (ou). Book of Master Lie (Liezi), Yellow Emperor Chapter: There was a man by the sea who loved seagulls. Every morning he went to the sea, and the seagulls would play with him. The number of seagulls that came to him reached hundreds, and they would not stop. Annotation: Ou is the same as ou (seagull). Also, Jiyun: Pronounced qu. A water bird. Also, pronounced you. Meaning the same.