丕
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Translingual
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Han character
丕 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一火一 (MFM), four-corner 10109, composition ⿱不一)
Derived characters
- 伾, 呸, 坯, 㚰, 岯, 𢓖, 怌, 抷, 𣳎, 狉, 𨸹, 𣆏, 胚, 柸, 𤇨, 𤘹, 㺽, 𥅊, 𥑜, 𥘻, 秠, 𥹂, 䋔(𫄞), 蚽, 𣌹, 𠃂, 𫌶, 豾, 𨠙, 鉟, 𨸿, 𩎜, 𩚼, 駓(𬳵), 魾, 𪀇, 噽, 邳, 𣬾, 𣓺, 䪹, 䲹, 苤, 𤵛, 𨴈, 𩈓, 髬, 𪢩, 𨲐, 𩓭, 𩔌
Further reading
Kangxi Dictionary: 一部/四畫 on the Chinese Wikisource.
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 77, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30
- Dae Jaweon: page 155, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 15, character 1
- Unihan data for U+4E15
Chinese
| trad. | 丕 | |
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| simp. # | 丕 | |
| alternative forms | 㔻 㶨 𠦓 ⿱不于 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 丕 |
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 b00106  s00005 Transcribed ancient scripts  L04220  L04221  L04222  L04223 |
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 肧 | *pʰlɯː, *pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː |
| 俖 | *pʰɯːʔ |
| 娝 | *prɯʔ |
| 痞 | *prɯʔ, *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ |
| 丕 | *pʰrɯ |
| 伾 | *pʰrɯ |
| 秠 | *pʰrɯ, *pʰrɯʔ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ |
| 駓 | *pʰrɯ |
| 怌 | *pʰrɯ |
| 豾 | *pʰrɯ |
| 髬 | *pʰrɯ |
| 魾 | *pʰrɯ, *brɯ |
| 鉟 | *pʰrɯ, *brɯ |
| 嚭 | *pʰrɯʔ |
| 邳 | *brɯ |
| 岯 | *brɯ |
| 否 | *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ |
| 抔 | *bɯ, *pʰlɯː |
| 不 | *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ' |
| 紑 | *pɯ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ |
| 鴀 | *pɯ, *pɯʔ |
| 衃 | *pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː |
| 罘 | *bɯ |
| 芣 | *bɯ |
| 杯 | *plɯː |
| 盃 | *plɯː |
| 桮 | *pɯː |
| 坯 | *pʰɯː |
| 胚 | *pʰɯː |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰrɯ): phonetic 不 (OC *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ') + semantic 一
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: pī
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: pi
- Wade–Giles: pʻi1
- Yale: pī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi
- Palladius: пи (pi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: pei1
- Yale: pēi
- Cantonese Pinyin: pei1
- Guangdong Romanization: péi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰei̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: phij
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰrə/
- (Zhengzhang): /*pʰrɯ/
Definitions
丕
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bù
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bù
- Wade–Giles: pu4
- Yale: bù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buh
- Palladius: бу (bu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
丕
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 不
- Used in 可丕丕 (“heart beating”).
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
丕
Readings
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 丕 |
| ひ Hyōgai |
| on'yomi |
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- An orthographic borrowing of the Chinese surname 丕, Pi
Korean
Hanja
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
丕: Hán Việt readings: phi (
丕: Nôm readings: vầy[1][2][3][6][4][5][7], vậy[1][2][3][4][5][7], phỉ[1][2][3][6], bậy[3][6][5], phơi[1], chăng[3], chẳng[3], phi[6]
- chữ Hán form of phi (“large; grand”).
- chữ Nôm form of vầy (“such; like this”)
- chữ Nôm form of vậy (“so; thus”)