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Translingual
Han character
悲 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中卜心 (LYP), four-corner 11331, composition ⿱非心)
Derived characters
References
- 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
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 啡
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*pʰɯːlʔ
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| 排
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*brɯːl
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| 俳
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*brɯːl
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| 輫
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*brɯːl, *buːl
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| 悲
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*prɯl
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| 棑
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*breː, *brɯːls
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| 輩
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*puːls
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| 裴
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*buːl, *bɯl
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| 徘
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*buːl
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| 琲
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*buːlʔ
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| 痱
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*buːlʔ, *pɯds, *bɯl, *bɯls
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| 非
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*pɯl
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| 扉
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*pɯl
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| 緋
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*pɯl
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| 猆
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*pɯl
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| 斐
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*pɯl, *pʰɯlʔ
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| 馡
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*pɯl
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| 騑
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*pɯl, *pʰɯl
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| 誹
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*pɯl, *pɯlʔ, *pɯls
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| 餥
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*pɯl, *pɯlʔ
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| 匪
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*pɯlʔ
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| 棐
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*pɯlʔ
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| 蜚
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*pɯlʔ, *bɯls
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| 篚
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*pɯlʔ
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| 榧
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*pɯlʔ
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| 鯡
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*pɯls
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| 霏
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*pʰɯl
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| 菲
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*pʰɯl, *pʰɯlʔ, *bɯls
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| 婔
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*pʰɯl
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| 裶
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*pʰɯl
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| 悱
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*pʰɯlʔ
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| 奜
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*pʰɯlʔ
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| 腓
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*bɯl, *bɯls
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| 陫
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*bɯlʔ
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| 屝
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*bɯls
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| 厞
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*bɯls
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| 翡
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*bɯls
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *prɯl) : phonetic 非 (OC *pɯl) + semantic 心 (“heart; thought; emotion”).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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悲
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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bēi
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ pij ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*prəj/
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| English
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sad
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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悲
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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3067
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Phonetic
component
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非
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Rime
group
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微
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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悲
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Old
Chinese
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/*prɯl/
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Definitions
悲
- sad; sorrowful
- to pity
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
悲
(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
- sad
- Antonym: 楽
- pity; compassion
Readings
- 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)
Compounds
References
Korean
Hanja
悲 (eumhun 슬플 비 (seulpeul bi))
- hanja form? of 비 (“sad”)
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
悲: Hán Nôm readings: bi, bây, bầy, bay
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Compounds