Yin Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Bristle (shān)
Entry: Biao
Kangxi Strokes: 11
Page 363, Entry 22
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced biao. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced biao. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced biao.
Explication of Characters (Shuowen): The markings on a tiger. Formed from the elements for tiger and bristle, representing its markings.
Also, Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): A small tiger.
Also, Expanded Glosses (Guangya): Patterns or markings.
Yangzi's Model Sayings (Fayan): Someone asked: If words form patterns and actions form virtue, how is this so? The reply was: It is because what fills the inside is expressed as patterns on the outside.
Also, a surname. Surname Genealogy (Xingpu): Originates from Qi Commandery. In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a Minister of Defense named Biao Fu. In the Song Dynasty, there was Biao Huchen. Today, in Henan Jun Prefecture, there are people with the surname Biao.