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Translingual
Han character
璧 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉 +13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 尸十一土戈 (SJMGI ), four-corner 70103 , composition ⿱辟 玉 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 742 , character 29
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21269
Dae Jaweon: page 1151, character 35
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1142, character 16
Unihan data for U+74A7
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
嬖
*peːɡs
薜
*beːɡs, *preːɡ
鐾
*beːɡs
臂
*peɡs
譬
*pʰeɡs
避
*beɡs
檗
*preːɡ
擘
*preːɡ
糪
*preːɡ, *pʰreːɡ
掰
*preːɡ
繴
*breːɡ, *peːɡ
辟
*peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ
璧
*peɡ
鐴
*peɡ
躄
*peɡ
襞
*peɡ
僻
*pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ
癖
*pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ
廦
*pʰeɡ, *peːɡ
擗
*beɡ
躃
*beɡ
闢
*beɡ
壁
*peːɡ
鼊
*peːɡ
霹
*pʰeːɡ
劈
*pʰeːɡ
澼
*pʰeːɡ
憵
*pʰeːɡ
甓
*beːɡ
鷿
*beːɡ
幦
*mbeːɡ
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *peɡ ): phonetic 辟 ( OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ ) + semantic 玉 – a type of jade.
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
璧
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
bì
Middle Chinese
‹ pjiek ›
Old Chinese
/*pek/
English
circular jade insignium
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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
璧
Reading #
1/1
No.
676
Phonetic component
辟
Rime group
錫
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
辟
Old Chinese
/*peɡ/
Definitions
璧
jade annulus
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
璧
(Jōyō kanji )
piece of jade used in ancient China
Readings
Compounds
Usage notes
This character is not to be confused with the visually similar 壁 .
Etymology
Noun
璧( へき ) • (heki )
annular jade disc of ritual significance in ancient China
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 璧 (MC pjiek ). Recorded as Middle Korean 벽〮 ( pyék ) (Yale : pyék ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회 ), 1527.
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
璧 (eumhun 구슬 벽 ( guseul byeok ) )
hanja form? of 벽 ( “ jade ” )
Compounds
References
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 .
Vietnamese
Han character
璧 : Hán Nôm readings: bích , bệch , bịch , vách
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