Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Stone (shí) Bian; Kangxi stroke count: 10; Page 829, Entry 11 Pronounced bian (level tone). According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), and the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), the pronunciation is a combination resulting in bian. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it is to use stone to puncture illness. According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), it is a stone needle. According to the Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing), in the mountains of Gao in the East Mountains, there are many needle stones. According to the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Canggong, at the age of twenty, this is called easy exchange, and the law dictates one should not use stone needles for moxibustion. Also according to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced bian (falling tone). The meaning is the same.