Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Boat (zhōu) Bian Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 1011, Entry 43 Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced bian (falling tone). Collected Rimes (Jiyun) and Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced bian (third tone). Broad Rimes (Guangyun): A boat from the Wu region. Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Biancha, the name of a boat. Refined Observations (Guangya): In the Wu region, it is called bian. General Refinements (Tongya): A shallow boat. Correction of Characters (Zhengzitong): Because the shape is flat, it is called bianzi. When used on shoals and rivers, it is called biantan. History of the Tang (Tangshu), Biography of Liu Chonggui: He boarded a bian and fled. Records of Jingzhou (Jingzhouji): In the seven commanderies of Xiangzhou, large bian carry ten thousand hu (a unit of dry measure), while others are shallow boats. Zang Zhi, Stone City Music (Shichengyue): Large bian carry three thousand, the water depth is over one and a half zhang (a unit of length). Also pronounced pian. Same meaning.