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Translingual
Han character
貔 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月竹竹田心 (BHHWP), four-corner 26211, composition ⿰豸𣬉)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1202, character 38
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36606
- Dae Jaweon: page 1664, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3916, character 8
- Unihan data for U+8C94
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 *bi) : semantic 豸 + phonetic 𣬉 ().
Etymology
Probably Sino-Tibetan; compare Tibetan དབྱི (dbyi, “lynx”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Schuessler also sees possible cognacy with pi ~ byi in Tibetan པི་ཤི (pi shi) and བྱི་ལ (byi la), though pi ~ byi might be derived from Indic (cf. Hindi बिल्ला (billā) < Sanskrit बिडाल (biḍāla); see the Sanskrit word for ultimate non-Indic etymology); even so, pi ~ byi is still possibly native Tibetan if པི་ཤི (pi shi)'s shi was from earlier *zhi and cognate with 狸 (OC *rɯ), see there for more (ibid.).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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貔
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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pí
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ bjij ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ij/
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| English
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kind of wild cat
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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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貔
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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527
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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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𣬈
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Old
Chinese
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/*bi/
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Definitions
貔
- † panther-like feline
實墉實壑，實畝實籍，獻其貔皮，赤豹黃羆。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
实墉实壑，实亩实籍，献其貔皮，赤豹黄罴。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Shí yōng shí hè, shí mǔ shí jí, xiàn qí pí pí, chì bào huáng pí.
- Making strong his walls, and deep his moats,
Laying out his fields, regulating his revenues,
Presenting his skins of the panthers,
With those of the red leopards and the yellow brown bears.
勖哉夫子！尚桓桓如虎、如貔、如熊、如羆！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
勖哉夫子！尚桓桓如虎、如貔、如熊、如罴！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Documents, circa 7th – 4th centuries BCE
- Xù zāi fūzǐ! Shàng huánhuán rú hǔ, rú pí, rú xióng, rú pí!
- Exert yourselves, officers — you shall be martial and imposing! Be like tigers, like panthers, like black bears, like brown bears!
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
貔
(Hyōgai kanji)
- brave heraldic beast
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
貔 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)
- fox, leopard, panther
Vietnamese
Han character
貔: Hán Nôm readings: tì
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