Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: Bei Kangxi stroke count: 10 Page 191, Entry 29 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced bai (falling tone). Jade Chapters (Yupian): A Sanskrit sound or chant. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): In the Western Regions, this is called bei, which refers to a chant. Garden of Dharma (Fayuan): In the Western lands, there is bei, which is like the zan (eulogy) of the Eastern kingdoms. A zan consists of written text organized into chapters. A bei is a short verse that flows as a chant. Comparing their functions and meanings, the names differ but the substance is the same.