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Translingual
Note that in Japanese shinjitai , the top left handed stroke ㇓ in 卑 is written as two separate strokes.
Han character
碑 (Kangxi radical 112, 石 +8 in Chinese , 石+9 in Japanese , 13 strokes in Chinese , 14 strokes in Japanese , cangjie input 一口竹田十 (MRHWJ ), four-corner 16640 , composition ⿰石 卑 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 832 , character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24364
Dae Jaweon: page 1248, character 27
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2438, character 6
Unihan data for U+7891
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
捭
*preːʔ
牌
*breː, *breː
郫
*breː, *bre, *be
蠯
*breː, *be, *breːŋʔ
猈
*breːʔ, *breː
稗
*breːs
粺
*breːs
𥱼
*breː
豍
*peː
箄
*peː, *pe, *peʔ
錍
*pʰeː, *pe
睥
*pʰeːs
渒
*pʰeːs, *pe
鼙
*beː
鞞
*beː, *pe, *peʔ, *peːŋʔ
椑
*beː, *pe, *beɡ, *beːɡ
崥
*beː, *peʔ
髀
*beːʔ, *peʔ, *piʔ
卑
*pe
鵯
*pe, *pʰiɡ
裨
*pe, *be
痺
*pe
碑
*pre
婢
*peʔ, *beʔ
諀
*pʰeʔ
脾
*be
埤
*be
陴
*be
蜱
*be, *mbew
焷
*be
螷
*be, *breːŋʔ
庳
*beʔ
琕
*biːŋ
萆
*beɡ, *slɯʔ
綼
*biɡ, *peːɡ
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *pre ) : semantic 石 ( “ stone ” ) + phonetic 卑 ( OC *pe) .
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
碑
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
bēi
Middle Chinese
‹ pje ›
Old Chinese
/*pre/
English
stele; upright pole of stone or wood
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
碑
Reading #
1/1
No.
377
Phonetic component
卑
Rime group
支
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
陂
Old Chinese
/*pre/
Definitions
碑
stele (Classifier : 塊 / 块 )
墓碑 ― mùbēi ― tombstone
界碑 ― jièbēi ― boundary stone
紀念碑 / 纪念碑 ― jìniànbēi ― monument
Compounds
References
Japanese
Shinjitai
碑
Kyūjitai [ 1]
碑 碑
or碑 +︀
?
碑󠄀 碑 +󠄀
? (Adobe-Japan1 )
碑󠄃 碑 +󠄃
? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
碑
(Jōyō kanji , shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 碑 )
gravestone
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
碑 ( kyūjitai )
For pronunciation and definitions of 碑 – see the following entry.
(This term, 碑 , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
Etymology 2
Alternative spelling
碑 ( kyūjitai )
Pronunciation
Noun
碑( ひ ) • (hi ) ←ひ ( fi ) ?
stone engraved with memorial text
Synonyms
石碑( せきひ ) ( sekihi )
碑( いしぶみ ) ( ishibumi )
References
Korean
Hanja
碑 • (bi ) (hangeul 비 , revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)
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Vietnamese
Han character
碑 : Hán Nôm readings: bi
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