狴

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狴 U+72F4, 狴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72F4
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Translingual

Han character

狴 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大竹心心土 (KHPPG), four-corner 41214, composition ⿰犭坒)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 711, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20410
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1123, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1348, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+72F4

Chinese

trad. 狴
simp. # 狴

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (比) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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 *piː) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 坒 (OC *bis, *biɡ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 狴
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 邊兮切
Baxter pej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pei/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pei/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pɛj/
Li
Rong 		/pei/
Wang
Li 		/piei/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/piei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bai1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 狴
Reading # 1/1
No. 493
Phonetic
component 		比
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		豍
Old
Chinese 		/*piː/

Definitions

狴

  1. (literary, Chinese mythology) legendary tiger-like beast whose image used to be painted on prison doors
  2. (literary, figurative) prison

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

狴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): へい (hei); はい (hai); ばい (bai)

Korean

Hanja

狴 • (pye) (hangeul 폐, revised pye, McCune–Reischauer p'ye, Yale phyey)

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