萆

See also: 蔽

萆	U+8406, 萆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8406

← 萅
[U+8405]

CJK Unified Ideographs

萇 →
[U+8407]

Translingual

Han character

萆 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹田十 (THWJ), four-corner 4440₆, composition ⿱艹卑)

Derived characters

𦔠

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1040, character 29
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31255
Dae Jaweon: page 1499, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3235, character 18
Unihan data for U+8406

Chinese

trad.		萆
simp. ^#		萆
alternative forms		𦸣

Etymology 1

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
捭	*preːʔ
牌	breː, breː
郫	breː, bre, *be
蠯	breː, be, *breːŋʔ
猈	breːʔ, breː
稗	*breːs
粺	*breːs
𥱼	*breː
豍	*peː
箄	peː, pe, *peʔ
錍	pʰeː, pe
睥	*pʰeːs
渒	pʰeːs, pe
鼙	*beː
鞞	beː, pe, peʔ, peːŋʔ
椑	beː, pe, beɡ, beːɡ
崥	beː, peʔ
髀	beːʔ, peʔ, *piʔ
卑	*pe
鵯	pe, pʰiɡ
裨	pe, be
痺	*pe
碑	*pre
婢	peʔ, beʔ
諀	*pʰeʔ
脾	*be
埤	*be
陴	*be
蜱	be, mbew
焷	*be
螷	be, breːŋʔ
庳	*beʔ
琕	*biːŋ
萆	beɡ, slɯʔ
綼	biɡ, peːɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bì, pì, bēi (bi⁴, pi⁴, bei¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ, ㄆㄧˋ, ㄅㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹

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/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pì
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pì
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi⁴
  - Yale: pì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
  - Palladius: пи (pi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bei
  - Wade–Giles: pei¹
  - Yale: bēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bei
  - Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bei¹
  - Yale: bēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: bjiek

Rime
Character	萆
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	房益切
Baxter	bjiek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/biæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biajk̚/
Li Rong	/biɛk̚/
Wang Li	/bĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bik⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*beɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萆
Reading #	1/2
No.	403
Phonetic component	卑
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	擗
Old Chinese	/*beɡ/

Definitions

萆

Used in names of some plants.
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 蔽 (bì, “to hide; to conceal”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) straw raincoat

Compounds

山萆薢
萆荔 (bìlì)
萆𦸉
萆薢
萆藨
萆麻

Etymology 2

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
畁	*ɡlɯ
萆	beɡ, slɯʔ

Pronunciation

Middle Chinese: siX

Rime
Character	萆
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	胥里切
Baxter	siX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/sɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/sie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨ^X/
Li Rong	/siə^X/
Wang Li	/sĭə^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*slɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萆
Reading #	2/2
No.	10028
Phonetic component	畁
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	枲
Old Chinese	/*slɯʔ/
Notes	集韻從畁同枲，餘校爲葈

Definitions

萆

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Japanese

Kanji

萆

(Hyōgai kanji)

the castor-oil plant (also used for other plants)

Readings

On (unclassified): ひ (hi)、へい (hei)、はつ (hatsu)、ばち (bachi)

Korean

Hanja

萆 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)

the castor-oil plant also used for other plants