Zi Collection, Middle Volume, Radical: Person (rén) Pronounced pì. Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 118, Entry 14 Pronounced pì (entering tone). Pronounced pì (entering tone). Pronounced pì (entering tone). Meaning: simple and crude. Also means eccentric, perverse. Pronounced pì (entering tone). Pì ní, same as ní. Refers to the low walls on city ramparts. Pì, interchangeable with bì. Bì is borrowed to mean bì (to avoid). In the "Book of Odes" (Shijing), "wǎn rán zuǒ bì" is an example of this. Pì is used interchangeably with bì, meaning "bì" (to avoid), and then "one is shamed by all under heaven, indulges in perverse extravagance, and improper thoughts cannot enter." The use of pì as bì in classical texts is not common. "Shuowen Jiezi" states that pì means bì, citing the "Book of Odes" as written zuǒ pì, and another explanation is to pull from the side. "Chang Jian" believes that the "Book of Odes" should not be written as bì. This is incorrect. Originally written as pì, commonly written as .