吡

吡 U+5421, 吡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5421 ← 吠 [U+5420] CJK Unified Ideographs 吢 → [U+5422]

Translingual

Han character

吡 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口心心 (RPP), four-corner 6201, composition ⿰口比)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 177, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3333
• Dae Jaweon: page 395, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 588, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5421

Chinese

trad.		吡
simp. #		吡

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐ, bì (bi³, bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ, ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pi³
    • Yale: bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴
    • Yale: bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bei²
    • Yale: béi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵/

Definitions

吡

1. Used in transcription.

Compounds

• 吡咯 (bǐluò)
• 吡唑 (bǐzuò)
• 吡啶 (bǐdìng)
• 吡喃 (bǐnán)
• 吡嗪 (bǐqín)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴
    • Yale: bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bjit

Rime
Character	吡
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	毗必切
Baxter	bjit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/bjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bit̚/
Li Rong	/biĕt̚/
Wang Li	/bĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*biɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	吡
Reading #	3/3
No.	549
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	邲
Old Chinese	/*biɡ/

Definitions

吡

1. ^‡ Only used in 吡吡 (bìbì, “sound of birds crying”).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐ (bi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pi³
    • Yale: bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: phjieX

Rime
Character	吡
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	匹婢切
Baxter	phjieX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiə̆X/
Li Rong	/pʰieX/
Wang Li	/pʰǐeX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*piʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	吡
Reading #	2/3
No.	517
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	匕
Old Chinese	/*piʔ/

Definitions

吡

1. ^† Alternative form of 諀 (bǐ, “to slander; to vilify”)
2. ^† Alternative form of 比 (“to compare”)

Japanese

Kanji

吡

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: び (bi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: そしる (soshiru, 吡る)

Korean

Hanja

吡 • (pil) (hangeul 필, revised pil, McCune–Reischauer p'il)

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