Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Cave (xué) Bian Kangxi strokes: 10 Page 864, Entry 18 Pronounced bian Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): To lower a coffin into a grave during burial. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Earth Offices: When the coffin is lowered, hold the axe to supervise the master craftsman. Also, Spring Offices: Provide the implements for lowering the coffin. Note: Items such as the coffin-lowering pulleys. Also pronounced bian. Meaning is the same. Also pronounced deng. Same as the alternate form. The Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): Sometimes written as the variant form feng. Found in the Book of Rites (Liji).