Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Kangxi strokes: 9 Page 520, Entry 18 Pronounced fu. Explanation from Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): A flail used for threshing grain. Regional Dialects (Fangyan) records that in the regions west of the pass, it is called fu. Additionally, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced bi. The meaning is the same.