Hai Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bone (gǔ) Entry: Bei Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 1448, Entry 34 Collected Rimes (Jiyun) and Treasury of Rimes (Yunhui): Pronounced bei (falling tone). The character bei means to be bent or crooked. It also refers to a bent lower leg. See the detailed character notes for cross-reference. Also, in the Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced mi (rising tone). The meaning is the same.