Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: Bei Kangxi stroke count: 10 Page 191, Entry 02 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) state that it is pronounced bai. Jade Chapters (Yupian) states: The sound of Sanskrit chanting. Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun) states: In the Western Regions, it is called bei when chanting praises. Garden of Dharma (Fayuan) states: What the West calls bei, the East calls zan (praise). Zan involves composing chapters through literary writing. Bei involves short verses transmitted as chants. Comparing their nature and meaning, the names differ but the reality is the same.