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Translingual
Han character
披 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手木竹水 (QDHE), four-corner 54047, composition ⿰扌皮)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 422, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11909
- Dae Jaweon: page 770, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1861, character 1
- Unihan data for U+62AB
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 陂
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*pral, *prals
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| 詖
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*pral, *prals
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| 彼
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*pralʔ
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| 柀
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*pralʔ
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| 佊
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*pralʔ, *prals
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| 貱
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*prals
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| 跛
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*prals, *paːlʔ
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| 披
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*pʰral, *pʰralʔ
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| 鈹
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*pʰral
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| 帔
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*pʰral, *pʰrals
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| 鮍
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*pʰral
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| 耚
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*pʰral
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| 狓
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*pʰral
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| 翍
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*pʰral
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| 旇
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*pʰral, *brals
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| 秛
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*pʰral, *pʰrals
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| 紴
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*pʰralʔ, *paːl
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| 皮
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*bral
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| 疲
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*bral
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| 被
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*bralʔ, *brals
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| 髲
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*brals
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| 鞁
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*brals
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| 骳
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*mbralʔ
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| 波
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*paːl
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| 碆
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*paːl, *baːl
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| 菠
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*paːl
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| 簸
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*paːlʔ, *paːls
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| 駊
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*paːlʔ, *pʰaːlʔ
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| 頗
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*pʰaːl, *pʰaːlʔ, *pʰaːls
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| 坡
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*pʰaːl
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| 玻
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*pʰaːl
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| 破
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*pʰaːls
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| 婆
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*baːl
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| 蔢
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*baːl
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰral, *pʰralʔ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 皮 (OC *bral).
Etymology
Related to Burmese ပြား (pra:, “to scatter, vary”) (Hill 2019, p. 32).
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- phi - literary;
- phoa - vernacular.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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披
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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pī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ phje ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*pʰ(r)aj/
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| English
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divide
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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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披
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披
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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9698
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9708
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Phonetic
component
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皮
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皮
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Rime
group
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歌
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歌
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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鈹
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㱟
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Old
Chinese
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/*pʰral/
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/*pʰralʔ/
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Definitions
披
- to drape over one's shoulders; to wrap around
- to put on; to wear
- to open; to unfurl; to unroll
- to split; to crack
- to scatter; to disperse
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
披
- (historical) silk ribbon on both sides of a hearse
References
Japanese
Kanji
披
(Jōyō kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
披 • (pi) (hangeul 피, revised pi, McCune–Reischauer p'i, Yale phi)
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Vietnamese
Han character
披: Hán Nôm readings: phơ, bờ, pha, phê, phi, phơi
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References