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Translingual
Han character
秕 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹木心心 (HDPP), four-corner 21910, composition ⿰禾比)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 850, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24958
- Dae Jaweon: page 1274, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2593, character 8
- Unihan data for U+79D5
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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梐
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*piː, *biːʔ
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狴
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*piː
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悂
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*piː, *pʰi
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螕
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*piː
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鎞
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*piː
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蓖
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*piː
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篦
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*piː, *bis
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批
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*pʰiː
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砒
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*pʰiː
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鈚
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*pʰiː, *bi
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磇
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*pʰiː
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媲
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*pʰiːs
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笓
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*biː
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膍
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*biː, *bi
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陛
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*biːʔ
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仳
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*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *bi, *briʔ
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吡
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*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *biɡ
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紕
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*be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ
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比
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*piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ
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妣
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*piʔ, *pis
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秕
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*piʔ
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沘
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*piʔ, *bi
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枇
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*piʔ, *bi, *bis
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粊
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*pris
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庇
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*pis
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屁
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*pʰis
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琵
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*bi
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毗
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*bi
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貔
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*bi
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豼
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*bi
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蚍
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*bi
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芘
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*bi, *bis
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肶
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*bi
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魮
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*bi
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阰
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*bi
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坒
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*bis, *biɡ
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玭
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*bin
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *piʔ): semantic 禾 + phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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秕
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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bǐ
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Middle Chinese
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‹ pjijX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*pijʔ/
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English
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chaff; petty
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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秕
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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513
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Phonetic component
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比
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Rime group
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脂
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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匕
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Old Chinese
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/*piʔ/
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Definitions
秕
- empty or unplump grain
- (literary) bad; evil
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
秕
(Hyōgai kanji)
- empty grain husk; chaff
Readings
Noun
秕 • (shīna) ←しひな (sifina)?
- Alternative form of 粃.
Korean
Hanja
秕 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)
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Vietnamese
Han character
秕: Hán Nôm readings: bỉ
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References