Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dog (quǎn) Bei Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 712, Entry 02 Broad Rimes (Guangyun), Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced bei. Jade Chapter (Yupian): A wolf-like creature. Collected Rimes (Jiyun): The name of a beast. It belongs to the wolf family. When they give birth, they may have only one or two legs; they move by leaning on one another, and if they separate, they fall. Therefore, a state of sudden panic is called langbei (a state of distress or awkward predicament). History of the Later Han (Houhan shu), Biography of Confucian Scholars (Rulin zhuan): The mandate for a hurried and distressed order.