Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Stone (shí) Bian Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 833, Entry 05 Pronounced bian (third tone). According to the Extensive Dictionary of Sounds (Guangyun) and the Collected Rites (Jiyun), it is pronounced bian (third tone). According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it refers to a stone stepped upon when boarding a carriage. It is also written in a variant form (bian). According to the Correction of Character Orthography (Zhengzitong), a steep riverbank is called bian. Furthermore, along the Sichuan River from Jiazhou to Jingmen, there are water passages known as Yanzi Bian and Yanwang Bian, both of which are hazardous locations.