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Translingual
Han character
枇 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木心心 (DPP), four-corner 41910, composition ⿰木比)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 514, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14528
- Dae Jaweon: page 902, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1167, character 9
- Unihan data for U+6787
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 梐
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*piː, *biːʔ
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| 狴
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*piː
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| 悂
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*piː, *pʰi
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| 螕
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*piː
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| 鎞
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*piː
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| 蓖
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*piː
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| 篦
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*piː, *bis
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| 批
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*pʰiː
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| 砒
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*pʰiː
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| 鈚
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*pʰiː, *bi
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| 磇
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*pʰiː
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| 媲
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*pʰiːs
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| 笓
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*biː
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| 膍
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*biː, *bi
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| 陛
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*biːʔ
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| 仳
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*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *bi, *briʔ
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| 吡
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*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *biɡ
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| 紕
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*be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ
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| 比
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*piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ
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| 妣
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*piʔ, *pis
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| 秕
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*piʔ
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| 沘
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*piʔ, *bi
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| 枇
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*piʔ, *bi, *bis
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| 粊
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*pris
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| 庇
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*pis
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| 屁
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*pʰis
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| 琵
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*bi
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| 毗
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*bi
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| 貔
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*bi
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| 豼
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*bi
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| 蚍
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*bi
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| 芘
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*bi, *bis
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| 肶
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*bi
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| 魮
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*bi
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| 阰
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*bi
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| 坒
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*bis, *biɡ
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| 玭
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*bin
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *piʔ, *bi, *bis) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Magong)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Yilan, Taichung)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
- (Hokkien: Tainan, Kaohsiung)
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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枇
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| Reading #
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2/3
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| No.
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529
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Phonetic
component
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比
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Rime
group
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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𣬈
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Old
Chinese
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/*bi/
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Definitions
枇
- Only used in 枇杷 (pípá).
- (Southern Min) Classifier for clusters.
Pronunciation 2
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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枇
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| Reading #
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1/3
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| No.
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515
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Phonetic
component
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比
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Rime
group
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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匕
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Old
Chinese
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/*piʔ/
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| Notes
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通匕
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Definitions
枇
- Alternative form of 匕 (bǐ, “a kind of inplement for eating”)
Pronunciation 3
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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枇
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| Reading #
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3/3
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| No.
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543
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Phonetic
component
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比
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Rime
group
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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鼻
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Old
Chinese
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/*bis/
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Definitions
枇
- Alternative form of 篦 (“fine-toothed comb; to comb with a fine-toothed comb”)
Further reading
Japanese
Kanji
枇
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
枇 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)
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Vietnamese
Han character
枇: Hán Nôm readings: tì
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