Xu Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Eat (shí)
Character: Bi
Kangxi stroke count: 20
Page 1424, Entry 27
Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced bi. Collected Rimes (Jiyun), Rimes Compilation (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rimes (Zhengyun): Pronounced bi.
Jade Chapters (Yupian): Bilo is a type of flour-based cake with filling inside.
Collection of Investigating Flaws (Zixiaji): Among the foreigners, the Bi and Luo families enjoyed this dish, hence it was named Biluo. Later people added the eating radical to make the characters for biluo. According to the Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang (Youyang Zazu), someone dreamed of entering a biluo shop. Upon waking, the shop boy said, The gentleman and his guest ate two jin of biluo, why did you leave without paying for them? This refers to biluo.
Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Sometimes written in a variant form.