Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tanned Leather (wéi) Character: bi Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page 1394, Entry 24 Supplementary Dictionary (Zihui Bu): Pronunciation unknown. Tube Master (Guanzi), Chapter on White Heart (Baixin Pian): Like a turning circle, like an empty expanse with no entrance. Commentary: bi, the appearance of spinning or revolving. It means that when encountering a circular shape, it becomes rounded and turning.