Wu Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Tile (wǎ)
Bian
Kangxi strokes: 14
Page 750, Entry 15
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced bian. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced bian.
Jade Chapters (Yupian): A small basin with a wide mouth and a shallow bottom.
Master Yang's Dialects (Yangzi Fangyan): In regions west of the pass, smaller vessels among basins and vats are called bian.
Huainanzi (Huainanzi): Dogs and pigs eat without selecting between bian and ling vessels.
Baopuzi (Baopuzi), Treatise on Reclusive Virtue (Jiadun juan): Striking bian and ling vessels beside a large bell.
Dongfang Shuo, Seven Admonitions (Qijian): Common vessels like the bian and ling are placed in the Hall of Brilliance, while precious artifacts like the Zhou tripod are submerged in the abyss.
Also, Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced pian. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced pian. The meaning is the same.