碑 Strokes Write it Listen 碑 bēi a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele HSK 7–9 13 strokes Radical 石 Sound + meaning 5 words Built from石meaningshístone, rock, mineral卑soundbēihumble, low, inferior; to despise How it works石 hints at the meaning (stone), and 卑 bēi hints at the sound.