You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bean (dòu) Character: bi Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 1192, Entry 21 Pronounced bi. A name for a type of bean. Comprehensive Explanations of Names (Guangya) states: bi beans are garden peas, a type of bean. Classified Compilation (Leipian) states: sometimes written as a variant form. Also, pronounced bian. Another name for a bean. Same as the previous character. Sometimes written as a variant form. Regarding the Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao gangmu), Li Shizhen states: The flat bean was originally written as bian, because the pod is flat. Another name for it is moth-eyebrow bean, and it is commonly known as hedge-running bean. Zhao Huanguang says: The flat bean is also known as the door-bolt bean. It is a type of bean, thick and round with a white color, commonly known as the white flat bean, used in medicine. There is no bean named bi among flat beans. Another source states: The garden pea is named bi bean, also written as bi bean. The character bi is likely an error for the character bi.