碧
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Translingual
Han character
碧 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一日一口 (MAMR), four-corner 16601, composition ⿱珀石)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 833, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24334
- Dae Jaweon: page 1249, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2441, character 6
- Unihan data for U+78A7
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
碧 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 怕 | *pʰraːɡs, *pʰraːɡ |
| 帕 | *pʰraːɡs, *mbraːd |
| 粕 | *pʰaːɡ, *pʰraːɡ |
| 胉 | *pʰaːɡ |
| 泊 | *baːɡ |
| 箔 | *baːɡ |
| 魄 | *tʰaːɡ, *pʰraːɡ |
| 皕 | *prɯɡ |
| 伯 | *praːɡ |
| 百 | *praːɡ |
| 迫 | *praːɡ |
| 敀 | *praːɡ, *pʰraːɡ |
| 柏 | *praːɡ |
| 湐 | *praːɡ |
| 拍 | *pʰraːɡ |
| 珀 | *pʰraːɡ |
| 皛 | *pʰraːɡ, *ɡeːwʔ |
| 洦 | *mpʰraːɡ, *mbraːɡ |
| 白 | *braːɡ |
| 帛 | *braːɡ |
| 舶 | *braːɡ |
| 鮊 | *braːɡ |
| 陌 | *mbraːɡ |
| 帞 | *mbraːɡ |
| 袹 | *mbraːɡ |
| 蛨 | *mbraːɡ |
| 貊 | *mbraːɡ |
| 佰 | *mbraːɡ |
| 銆 | *mbraːɡ |
| 碧 | *praɡ, *preɡ |
| 咟 | *ɦmreːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *praɡ, *preɡ) : semantic 王 (“jade”) + semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 白 (OC *braːɡ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bi2
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): bit6
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): bieh4
- Northern Min (KCR): bĭ
- Eastern Min (BUC): pék
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7piq
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bi6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bì
- Wade–Giles: pi4
- Yale: bì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
- Palladius: би (bi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: bi2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bi
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: bik1
- Yale: bīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: bik7
- Guangdong Romanization: big1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɪk̚⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: bet2
- Sinological IPA (key): /pet̚⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: bit6
- Sinological IPA (key): /pit̚⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pit
- Hakka Romanization System: bidˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: bid5
- Sinological IPA: /pit̚²/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: bieh4
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /piəʔ²/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bĭ
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi²⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: pék
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɛiʔ²⁴/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek
- Tâi-lô: phik
- Phofsit Daibuun: pheg
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiak
- Tâi-lô: phiak
- Phofsit Daibuun: phiag
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiak̚⁵/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: pêg4
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phek
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰek̚²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: bi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi²⁴/
- (Changsha)
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: pjiek
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*prak/
- (Zhengzhang): /*praɡ/, /*preɡ/
Definitions
碧
Synonyms
- (blue-green):
Compounds
- 一碧
- 小家碧玉 (xiǎojiābìyù)
- 澄碧 (chéngbì)
- 看朱成碧
- 碧山
- 碧桃
- 碧水 (bìshuǐ)
- 碧池 (bìchí)
- 碧波 (bìbō)
- 碧油油
- 碧波萬頃 / 碧波万顷
- 碧海 (bìhǎi)
- 碧海青天
- 碧清 (bìqīng)
- 碧溪
- 碧澄
- 碧潭
- 碧澄澄
- 碧玉 (bìyù)
- 碧璽 / 碧玺 (bìxǐ)
- 碧瓦
- 碧眼 (bìyǎn)
- 碧空 (bìkōng)
- 碧空如洗
- 碧綠 / 碧绿 (bìlǜ)
- 碧草如茵
- 碧落 (bìluò)
- 碧藍 / 碧蓝 (bìlán)
- 碧蘿春 / 碧萝春
- 碧螺春 (bìluóchūn)
- 碧血 (bìxuè)
- 碧血丹心
- 金幣山水 / 金币山水
- 金碧熒煌 / 金碧荧煌
- 金碧輝煌 / 金碧辉煌 (jīnbìhuīhuáng)
- 金髮碧眼 / 金发碧眼 (jīnfàbìyǎn)
- 雕楹碧檻 / 雕楹碧槛
- 雪碧 (Xuěbì)
Descendants
- → Vietnamese: biếc (“bluish green; azure blue”)
References
- “碧”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
碧
- blue
- green
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 碧 (MC pjiek). Recorded as Middle Korean 벽 (pyek) (Yale: pyek) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
Hanja
碧 (eumhun 푸를 벽 (pureul byeok))
- hanja form? of 벽 (“blue-green”)
Compounds
References
Vietnamese
Han character
碧: Hán Nôm readings: bích, biếc
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