Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Rice (mǐ) Bi Kangxi strokes: 10 Page 907, Entry 18 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced bi (falling tone). Spoiled rice. Also identical to the character fei, referring to a place name in the eastern suburbs of the state of Lu. Explication of Written Characters (Shuowen): There is a Bishi in the Book of Zhou (Zhou Shu). Modern editions write this as the character fei. Supplement to the Collection of Characters (Zihuibu): Different from the character he; one component is bei, and one component is bi.