Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Character: bi Kangxi stroke count: 18 Page 1317, Entry 19 Guangyun: Pronounced bi Jiyun, Yunhui, Zhengyun: Pronounced bi Yupian: A hairpin. Also, according to Zengyun, an instrument for smoothing. Zhengzitong: A comb-like tool for the hair. Poetry of Du Fu: With hearing impaired, one must write characters; short hair cannot hold a hairpin. Sometimes also written in a variant form (pi). Historical records sometimes use the character (bi) as a loan. Commonly written as (bi). Also, in medical texts: a blade shaped like an arrowhead is called a lancet. Nirvana Sutra: There was a blind man who visited a skilled physician; the physician immediately used a golden lancet to scrape the membrane from his eyes, allowing him to see again. Poetry of Du Fu: A golden lancet scrapes the eye membrane. Also, Jiyun: Pronounced pi A plowshare. One source says it is the name of an arrow. Originally written as (pi). Also, pronounced pi Originally written as (pi). Yangzi Dialect (Fangyan): An arrowhead that is wide, long, and thin like a sickle is called a pi. Sometimes written as (bi).