Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dog (quǎn) 18 strokes Page 720, Entry 17 Pronounced bin Pronounced bin Jade Chapters (Yupian): A type of otter. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Another name for an otter. Commentary on Mencius (Mengzi zhu): The otter is the bian. Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written as a variant form (bian). Also pronounced bin A type of otter. It resembles a fox, is blue-green in color, lives in the water, and eats fish. Yang Xiong, Rhapsody on Hunting (Jiaolie fu): Treading on the bian and otter. Commentary: Su Lin says: The bian is pronounced bin. Shigu says: The bian is a small otter. Also pronounced bian Explanations of Texts and Characters (Shuowen): The character bian is sometimes written in a variant form (bian). The meaning is the same.