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Translingual
Han character
毗 (Kangxi radical 81, 比+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 田心心 (WPP), four-corner 61010, composition ⿰田比)
- help, assist
- connect, adjoin
Synonyms
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 591, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16752
- Dae Jaweon: page 983, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1417, character 8
- Unihan data for U+6BD7
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 *bi): semantic 囟 + phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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毗
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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pí
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ bjij ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ij/
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| English
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assist; boastful
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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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毗
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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526
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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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| Notes
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右囟隸化變田
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Definitions
毗
- Used in transcription.
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
毗
(Hyōgai kanji)
- help
- assist
- connect
- adjoin
Readings
Korean
Hanja
毗 (eum 비 (bi))
- help, assist
- connect, adjoin
Vietnamese
Han character
毗: Hán Nôm readings: tì
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References