埤

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埤 U+57E4, 埤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57E4
← 埣
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 埥 →

Translingual

Han character

埤 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土竹田十 (GHWJ), four-corner 46140, composition ⿰土卑)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 230, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5167
  • Dae Jaweon: page 466, character 33
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 454, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+57E4

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 埤

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *be) : semantic 土 (“dirt”) + phonetic 卑 (OC *pe)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 埤
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 符支切
Baxter bjie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/biᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/biɛ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/bjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/biə̆/
Li
Rong 		/bie/
Wang
Li 		/bǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/bʱie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		pí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		pei4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 埤
Reading # 1/1
No. 386
Phonetic
component 		卑
Rime
group 		支
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		陴
Old
Chinese 		/*be/

Definitions

埤

  1. increase
  2. parapet (wall)
  3. low, inferior
  4. (geography) water reservoir used in irrigation
    埤頭／埤头  ―  Pítóu  ―  Pitou, Changhua, Taiwan

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

埤

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. add
  2. increase
  3. attach
  4. low fence

Readings

  • On (unclassified): ひ (hi)、び (bi)、へい (hei)
  • Kun: ます (masu)、あたへる (ataheru)、たすける (tasukeru)、ひくいひめがき (hikuihimegaki)

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. add
  2. increase
  3. attach
  4. low fence

Vietnamese

Han character

埤: Hán Nôm readings: bì

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References

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