陛

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陛 U+965B, 陛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-965B
← 陚
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 陜 →

Translingual

Han character

陛 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 弓中心心土 (NLPPG), four-corner 71214, composition ⿰阝坒)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1351, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41654
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1853, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4130, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+965B

Chinese

trad. 陛
simp. # 陛

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (比) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
梐 *piː, *biːʔ
狴 *piː
悂 *piː, *pʰi
螕 *piː
鎞 *piː
蓖 *piː
篦 *piː, *bis
批 *pʰiː
砒 *pʰiː
鈚 *pʰiː, *bi
磇 *pʰiː
媲 *pʰiːs
笓 *biː
膍 *biː, *bi
陛 *biːʔ
仳 *pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *bi, *briʔ
吡 *pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *biɡ
紕 *be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ
比 *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ
妣 *piʔ, *pis
秕 *piʔ
沘 *piʔ, *bi
枇 *piʔ, *bi, *bis
粊 *pris
庇 *pis
屁 *pʰis
琵 *bi
毗 *bi
貔 *bi
豼 *bi
蚍 *bi
芘 *bi, *bis
肶 *bi
魮 *bi
阰 *bi
坒 *bis, *biɡ
玭 *bin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *biːʔ) : semantic 阝 + phonetic 坒 (OC *bis, *biɡ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 陛
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 傍禮切
Baxter bejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/beiX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/beiX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/bɛiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bɛjX/
Li
Rong 		/beiX/
Wang
Li 		/bieiX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/bʱieiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bai6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 陛
Reading # 1/1
No. 506
Phonetic
component 		比
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		陛
Old
Chinese 		/*biːʔ/

Definitions

陛

  1. (archaic) flight of steps; (specifically) steps leading to the throne in a palace
    陛下  ―  bìxià  ―  Your Majesty

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

陛

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. highness
  2. steps of a throne

Readings

  • Go-on: ばい (bai)
  • Kan-on: へい (hei, Jōyō)
  • Kun: きざはし (kizahashi, 陛)

Korean

Hanja

陛 (eumhun 섬돌 폐 (seomdol pye))

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Vietnamese

Han character

陛: Hán Nôm readings: bệ

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