You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Cowrie (bèi) Biao Kangxi Stroke Count: 19 Page 1212, Entry 06 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced biao. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced biao. Approaching Elegance (Erya), Explanation of Fish: When a cowrie lives on land, it is called biao. Commentary (Shu): That which lives on land is called biao. Five Classics Script (Wujing wenzi): Biao is composed of three dogs.