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

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (比) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
梐	piː, biːʔ
狴	*piː
悂	piː, pʰi
螕	*piː
鎞	*piː
蓖	*piː
篦	piː, bis
批	*pʰiː
砒	*pʰiː
鈚	pʰiː, bi
磇	*pʰiː
媲	*pʰiːs
笓	*biː
膍	biː, bi
陛	*biːʔ
仳	pʰeʔ, piʔ, bi, briʔ
吡	pʰeʔ, piʔ, *biɡ
紕	be, pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ
比	piʔ, pis, bi, bis, *biɡ
妣	piʔ, pis
秕	*piʔ
沘	piʔ, bi
枇	piʔ, bi, *bis
粊	*pris
庇	*pis
屁	*pʰis
琵	*bi
毗	*bi
貔	*bi
豼	*bi
蚍	*bi
芘	bi, bis
肶	*bi
魮	*bi
阰	*bi
坒	bis, biɡ
玭	*bin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐ, bì (bi³, bi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ, ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei²

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

Used in transcription.

Compounds

吡咯 (bǐluò)
吡咯離胺酸 / 吡咯离胺酸 (bǐluò'ànsuān)
吡唑 (bǐzuò)
吡啶 (bǐdìng)
吡喃 (bǐnán)
吡嗪 (bǐqín)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

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/

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/
Bernhard 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

(historical dictionaries only) only used in 吡吡 (bìbì, “sound of birds crying”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐ (bi³)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ

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/

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	/pʰiᴇ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjɛ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiə̆^X/
Li Rong	/pʰie^X/
Wang Li	/pʰǐe^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰie̯^X/
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

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 諀 (bǐ, “to slander; to vilify”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) 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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