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Chinese
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of a corrupted form of Sanskrit वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya, “cat's-eye; jewel; lapis lazuli”), Pali veḷuriya (“lapis lazuli”). Related to 吠瑠璃 (fèiliúlí), 琉璃 (liúlí).
Pronunciation
| Rime
|
| Character
|
璧
|
流
|
離
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| Reading #
|
1/1
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1/1
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1/3
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| Initial (聲)
|
幫 (1)
|
來 (37)
|
來 (37)
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| Final (韻)
|
昔 (123)
|
尤 (136)
|
支 (11)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Checked (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
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| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
| Division (等)
|
III
|
III
|
III
|
| Fanqie
|
必益切
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力求切
|
呂支切
|
| Baxter
|
pjiek
|
ljuw
|
lje
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/piᴇk̚/
|
/lɨu/
|
/liᴇ/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/piɛk̚/
|
/liu/
|
/liɛ/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/piæk̚/
|
/liəu/
|
/ljɛ/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/piajk̚/
|
/luw/
|
/liə̆/
|
Li
Rong
|
/piɛk̚/
|
/liu/
|
/lie/
|
Wang
Li
|
/pĭɛk̚/
|
/lĭəu/
|
/lǐe/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/pi̯ɛk̚/
|
/li̯ə̯u/
|
/lie̯/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
bi
|
liú
|
lí
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
bik1
|
lau4
|
lei4
|
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
璧
|
流
|
離
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/3
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
bì
|
liú
|
lí
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ pjiek ›
|
‹ ljuw ›
|
‹ lje ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*pek/
|
/*ru/
|
/*aj/
|
| English
|
circular jade insignium
|
flow (v.)
|
meet with, encounter
|
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
|
流
|
離
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
2/3
|
| No.
|
676
|
8335
|
7780
|
Phonetic
component
|
辟
|
流
|
离
|
Rime
group
|
錫
|
幽
|
歌
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
辟
|
劉
|
離
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*peɡ/
|
/*ru/
|
/*rel/
|
| Notes
|
|
或爲毓省聲
|
甲文象隹入網羅，
離反爲省文
|
Noun
璧流離
- (literary, obsolete) cat's-eye
出封牛、水牛、象、大狗、沐猴、孔爵、珠璣、珊瑚、虎魄、璧流離。
出封牛、水牛、象、大狗、沐猴、孔爵、珠玑、珊瑚、虎魄、璧流离。 - From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
- Chū fēngniú, shuǐniú, xiàng, dàgǒu, mùhóu, kǒngjué, zhūjī, shānhú, hǔpò, bìliúlí.
- (The country of Jibin in the Western Regions) produces bison, buffalo, elephants, big dogs (kuchis?), macaques, peacocks, jewels, corals, ambers and cat's eyes.