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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
Old Chinese
梐 *piː, *biːʔ
狴 *piː
悂 *piː, *pʰi
螕 *piː
鎞 *piː
蓖 *piː
篦 *piː, *bis
批 *pʰiː
砒 *pʰiː
鈚 *pʰiː, *bi
磇 *pʰiː
媲 *pʰiːs
笓 *biː
膍 *biː, *bi
陛 *biːʔ
仳 *pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *bi, *briʔ
吡 *pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *biɡ
紕 *be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ
比 *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ
妣 *piʔ, *pis
秕 *piʔ
沘 *piʔ, *bi
枇 *piʔ, *bi, *bis
粊 *pris
庇 *pis
屁 *pʰis
琵 *bi
毗 *bi
貔 *bi
豼 *bi
蚍 *bi
芘 *bi, *bis
肶 *bi
魮 *bi
阰 *bi
坒 *bis, *biɡ
玭 *bin
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
Hakka
Eastern Min
Puxian Min
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)
Character
枇
Reading #
2/3
No.
529
Phonetic
比
Rime
脂
Rime
2
Corresponding
𣬈
Old
/*bi/
Definitions 枇
Only used in 枇杷 pípá
Pronunciation 2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
枇
Reading #
1/3
No.
515
Phonetic
比
Rime
脂
Rime
2
Corresponding
匕
Old
/*piʔ/
Notes
通 匕
Definitions 枇
Alternative form of 匕 ( bǐ , “ a kind of inplement for eating ” )
Pronunciation 3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
枇
Reading #
3/3
No.
543
Phonetic
比
Rime
脂
Rime
2
Corresponding
鼻
Old
/*bis/
Definitions 枇
Alternative form of 篦 ( “ fine-toothed comb; to comb with a fine-toothed comb ” )
Pronunciation 4
Definitions 枇
( Hokkien ) Classifier for clusters, strings, or bunches. ( Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien ) capture ; to seize ; to catch ( Zhangzhou Hokkien ) undurable ; not sturdy ; not solid ( of the quality of a material )
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
串 (“bunch (classifier for bananas)”)
Further reading “枇 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi Ministry of Education, R.O.C. , 2025 “枇 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)香港中文大學 Chinese University of Hong Kong ), 2014– ( Cantonese ) 粵音資料集叢 李如龙 刘福铸 吴华英 黄国城 2019 ) “枇（～杷） ”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect Xiamen University Press , →ISBN 161
Japanese
Kanji 枇
(Jinmeiyō kanji )
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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 tì
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