悲

悲 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中卜心 (LYP), four-corner 1133₁, composition ⿱非心)

• 蕜, 𠎩, 𩙻, 𩻺, 𬲊, 𲋒

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 388, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10720
• Dae Jaweon: page 721, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2310, character 4
• Unihan data for U+60B2

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *prɯl): phonetic 非 (OC *pɯl) + semantic 心 (“heart; thought; emotion”).

悲

1. sad; sorrowful
2. to pity

• “悲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “悲”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 36.

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. sad

   Antonym: 楽

2. pity; compassion

• Go-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)^{←ひ (fi, historical)}
• Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)^{←ひ (fi, historical)}
• Kun: かなしい (kanashii, 悲しい, Jōyō)、かなしむ (kanashimu, 悲しむ, Jōyō)、あわれみ (awaremi, 悲れみ)^{←あはれみ (afaremi, 悲れみ, historical)}、かなしみ (kanashimi, 悲しみ)、なげく (nageku, 悲く)

• 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014), “悲”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎^[2] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN

悲 (eumhun 슬플 비 (seulpeul bi))

1. hanja form^? of 비 (“sad”)

• 비극 (悲劇, bigeuk, “tragedy”)
• 비명 (悲鳴, bimyeong, “scream”)

悲: Hán Việt readings: bi^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}
悲: Nôm readings: bây^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}, bầy^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}, bay^[1][2][3], bi^[1][3], be^[1], bề^[1], bơi^[1], vây^[1], ve^[1], bấy^[2]

1. chữ Hán form of bi (“sad; sorrowful”)
2. chữ Nôm form of bay
   1. to fly
   2. (informal) alternative form of bây (second-person plural)
3. chữ Nôm form of bây (“of this extent, of this amount”)
4. chữ Nôm form of bơi (“to swim; to row a boat”)
5. chữ Nôm form of vây (“fin”)

• 悲𣇞 (bây giờ)