Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Flesh (ròu) Pian Kangxi Stroke Count: 14 Page 985, Entry 29 Pronounced bian General Rhymes (Guangyun): Thick skin on the hands or feet. Xunzi (Xunzi), Chapter on the Way of the Master (Zidao pian): Confucius said: If there is someone here who rises early and sleeps late, plowing and sowing, with hands and feet calloused from working to support their parents. Also means firm. Master Yang's (Yangzi) Great Mystery (Taijing): Dark form firm and covered. Commentary: Means firm. Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced ban. Appearance of loose skin and flesh. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), sometimes written as a variant form. Commonly used interchangeably with the character for side-by-side (pian).