Zi Collection, Page Position: Upper. Radical: Slash (piě). Character: piě. Kangxi Dictionary Strokes: 1. Page: Page 81, Line 6.
In the Broad Rimes (Guangyun), the pronunciation is given as pǔ miè. In the Collected Rimes (Jiyun), the pronunciation is given as pǐ miè, sounding similar to piē.
The Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi) defines it as a stroke curving to the right, shaped like a line being pulled to the left.
The annotation by Xu Kai states that when writing this character, one first raises the brush upward and then extends the main body.
Also, in the Collected Rimes, it is pronounced yū zhào, sounding similar to yǎo, with the same meaning.
Furthermore, in the Broad Rimes, it is pronounced yú zhì, sounding similar to yè, meaning to reach or arrive at the ground.