Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Bian Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 932, Entry 08 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced lian. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced lian. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Interwoven hemp. Also interpreted as sewing together clothing. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To sew. Also in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced pian. Same meaning. Also in Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced bian. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced bian. Lifting the hem of a robe. Also written as a variant form. Textual Research: In Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is recorded as pronounced pian. We note that the pronunciation pian cannot be rendered as bian; therefore, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation has been corrected from bian to pian.