Hai Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Hair (biāo) Bin Kangxi Stroke Count: 24 Page 1457, Entry 01 Pronounced bin (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): Hair on the cheeks. Shiming (Explanation of Names): Bin means high. It refers to a location that is high and steep. Also, the hair connected above is called bin. Bin means shore. Shore means cliff. It is the cliff or bank of the face. Discourses of the States (Jinyu): If one has beautiful, long, and full hair on the cheeks, one is considered virtuous. Commentary: Bin is a category of hair.