Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Insect (chóng) Entry: 螕 Kangxi Stroke Count: 16 Page 1093, Entry 23 Pronounced bi (level tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): An insect that bites cattle. According to the Materia Medica (Bencao): Also called cattle louse, or cattle bi. Also interchangeable with pi. According to the History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Five Elements Treatise: Liu Xin considered it to be a xuan, which is a bi with wings. Meng Kang stated: Bi is pronounced the same as pifu. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written in a variant form, also used interchangeably with bi.