俾

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俾 U+4FFE, 俾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FFE
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 俿 →

Translingual

Han character

俾 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人竹田十 (OHWJ) or 人竹竹十 (OHHJ), four-corner 26240, composition ⿰亻卑)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 106, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 740
  • Dae Jaweon: page 227, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 180, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+4FFE

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 俾

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 俾
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 支 (13)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 并弭切
Baxter pjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pˠiᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pᵚiɛX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/piɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pjiə̆X/
Li
Rong 		/pjeX/
Wang
Li 		/pǐeX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/pie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bei2

Definitions

俾

  1. (literary, formal) in order to; so that; so as to; therefore; thus; thereby
  2. † Original form of 裨 (bì, “to benefit”).
Synonyms
  • (to cause) 使 (shǐ)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

俾

  1. Only used in 俾倪.

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

俾

  1. Only used in 安俾.

Pronunciation 4

Definitions

俾

  1. † Alternative form of 比

Pronunciation 5

Definitions

俾

  1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 畀

References

Japanese

Kanji

俾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): ひ (hi); へい (hei)
  • Kun: しむ (shimu)

Korean

Hanja

俾 (eum 비 (bi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

俾: Hán Nôm readings: tỉ

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References

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