Shen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Insect (chóng) Entry: Bian Kangxi stroke count: 13 Page 1085, Entry 01 Gathering of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced bi (falling tone). Jade Chapters (Yupian): A long clam. Forest of Characters (Zilin): A small clam. Approaching Elegance (Erya), Explanation of Fish: The bian and the pi. Commentary: People in the Jiangdong region today call long and narrow clams pi. Materia Medica (Bencao): The horse-knife clam, also known as bian, grows in the Yangtze and Han rivers. It is six or seven inches long and its flesh tastes like a clam; most people today do not recognize it. It is generally similar to the ting. Also, the sea-bian, which is the mussel, is known as the Lady of the Eastern Sea; it grows in the southeastern sea.