Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fish (yú) Character: bie Kangxi stroke count: 23 Page 1477, Entry 31 Pronounced bie (falling tone). Same as the character bie. According to the Book of Stipends and Official Emoluments (Ganlu Zishu), the character bie is commonly used for bie. In the Book of Changes (Yijing), Section on the Explanation of Trigrams (Shuogua), the Li trigram represents the bie. In the Explanations of Texts (Shiwen), some versions of the text also write it as bie. In the Zhuangzi, Chapter on Autumn Floods (Qiushui), it mentions a bie from the Eastern Sea. In the Meanings of Sounds (Yinyi), it is noted that bie can also be written as a variant form.