Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Meat (ròu) Pij (10 strokes) Page 975, Entry 07 Pronounced pi (level tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen jiezi), it refers to a woman one month into pregnancy. The Correct Meaning Thoroughfare (Zhengzitong) states that since the fetus has not yet formed flesh at one month, the character is composed with the element for not. Also pronounced pi (level tone). According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it refers to the beginning stage of an unformed object. Sometimes written with the blood radical. The Correct Meaning Thoroughfare (Zhengzitong) notes that unfinished pottery or utensils are also called by this name. Commonly written as the variant form (pei).