Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Character: Pei Kangxi Stroke Count: 16 Page 1309, Entry 16 According to Sound Collection (Jiyun), pronounced fou. Pei-fou is the name of a nail. Originally written as a variant form (fu). Also, according to Sound Collection (Jiyun), pronounced fou. The meaning is the same. Also, according to Correct Character Guide (Zhengzitong), in the poem inscribed by Chu Guangxi at the mountain pavilion of Reverend Chong in Jingkou: The sea swans cry out, the river swallows spread their wings. A message for those of pure heart, the commoners have only white pei. Annotation: Pei, pronounced bi. Another name for a pottery vessel (fou). Yang Shen states: The sound does not rhyme with wing, perhaps it is the character pu. Pu, pronounced pu, is a grass. It means the people are impoverished, having only white grass.