You Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Cowrie (bèi). Kangxi stroke count: 15. Page 1209, Entry 06. Ancient form. Pronounced xian (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): Low price. Yupian (Jade Chapters): Inferior, not valuable. Guangyun (Expanded Rhymes): To look down upon, to undervalue. Book of Changes (Yijing), Hexagram of Difficulty at the Beginning: When those in honorable positions dwell below those of low status, they may deeply win the hearts of the people. Book of Documents (Shangshu), The Hounds of Lu: Do not prize strange items, and do not look down upon daily necessities. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Treatise on Food and Money: If grain prices are too high, it harms the common people; if they are too low, it harms the farmers. Also a surname. Comprehensive Customs (Fengsu Tong): Jian Qiong, the Governor of Beiping during the Han dynasty.