Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fish (yú) Gun Kangxi stroke count: 18 Page 1471, Entry 01 Pronounced gun. Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): A fish. Yupian (Jade Chapters): A large fish. Also cited in the Canon of Yao (Yaodian) in the Book of Documents (Shangshu): Oh, Gun! Commentary: Gun is the name of the Lord of Chong. Explanation of Texts (Shiwen): The father of Yu. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): Also written in the variant form gun.