Pronounced pī zhāo (falling tone), similar to piāo. Also pronounced biāo (level tone). Also pronounced pī zhāo (falling tone), similar to piào, meaning straight and strong. In the "Classified Compendium" (Leipian), the falling tone is written as "票". According to the "Erhya" (Erya), the character "票" is written with an extra stroke. In the "Jiyun" (Jiyun) and "Classified Compendium" (Leipian), the two level tone readings are written as "㶾", which has one less stroke. Only the falling tone reading in the "Classified Compendium" (Leipian) is written as "票". It is likely that "票" and "㶾" are erroneous due to stroke variations. Although there are three pronunciations, they are essentially one character. The character "票" is composed of "西" and two "火".