Wu Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: White (bái)
Entry: Piao
Kangxi strokes: 20
Page 790, Entry 02
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced piao (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced piao (rising tone). Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced piao (rising tone).
Comprehensive Glossary (Yupian): White color. Also refers to the discoloration of bird feathers.
Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Office of Heaven, Internal Chef: The bird is discolored and the sand is crying and dark. Commentary: It means the color is lost and lacks luster. Piao was originally written as a variant form (piao). The term li is pronounced yu.
Record of Rites (Liji), Inner Morality: The bird is discolored and the sand is crying and thick. Commentary: Piao is interchangeable with the variant form (biao).
Correct Character Comprehensive (Zhengzitong): Whenever the color of an object lacks luster or beauty, it is called piao.
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced piao (even tone).
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced piao (rising tone). The meaning is the same.