Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Tile (wǎ) Bian Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 750, Entry 15 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced bian. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced bian. Jade Chapters (Yupian): A small basin with a wide mouth and a shallow bottom. Master Yang's Dialects (Yangzi Fangyan): In regions west of the pass, smaller vessels among basins and vats are called bian. Huainanzi (Huainanzi): Dogs and pigs eat without selecting between bian and ling vessels. Baopuzi (Baopuzi), Treatise on Reclusive Virtue (Jiadun juan): Striking bian and ling vessels beside a large bell. Dongfang Shuo, Seven Admonitions (Qijian): Common vessels like the bian and ling are placed in the Hall of Brilliance, while precious artifacts like the Zhou tripod are submerged in the abyss. Also, Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced pian. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced pian. The meaning is the same.