| 砭 | |||
| stone probe; pierce; counsel | |||
| Radical | 石 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 10 |
| Mandarin reading | biān | Cantonese reading | bin1 |
| Japanese on reading | hen | Japanese kun reading | ishibari |
| Korean reading | phyem | Vietnamese reading | đãy bìm |
| 砭 | |||
| stone probe; pierce; counsel | |||
| Radical | 石 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 10 |
| Mandarin reading | biān | Cantonese reading | bin1 |
| Japanese on reading | hen | Japanese kun reading | ishibari |
| Korean reading | phyem | Vietnamese reading | đãy bìm |
| 砭灸术 | [ biān jiǔ shù ] acupuncture and moxibustion (Chinese medicine) |
| 砭针 | [ biān zhēn ] remonstrance, admonition |
| ⇒ 痛砭时弊 | [ tòng biān shí bì ] to strongly criticize the evils of the day |
| ⇒ 针砭 | [ zhēn biān ] to critique, to voice concerns about, ancient form of acupuncture using sharp stones as needles |