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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
丕 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一火一 (MFM), four-corner 10109, composition ⿱不一)
Derived characters
- 伾, 呸, 坯, 㚰, 岯, 𢓖, 怌, 抷, 𣳎, 狉, 𨸹, 𣆏, 胚, 柸, 𤇨, 𤘹, 㺽, 𥅊, 𥑜, 𥘻, 秠, 𥹂, 䋔(𫄞), 蚽, 𣌹, 𠃂, 𫌶, 豾, 𨠙, 鉟, 𨸿, 𩎜, 𩚼, 駓(𬳵), 魾, 𪀇, 噽, 邳, 𣬾, 𣓺, 䪹, 䲹, 苤, 𤵛, 𨴈, 𩈓, 髬, 𪢩, 𨲐, 𩓭, 𩔌
Further reading
Wikisource
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 77, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30
- Dae Jaweon: page 155, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 15, character 1
- Unihan data for U+4E15
Chinese
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 丕
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b00106
s00005
Transcribed ancient scripts L04220 L04221 L04222 L04223
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
- Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
- Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
- Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
- Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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Old Chinese
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肧
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*pʰlɯː, *pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː
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俖
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*pʰɯːʔ
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娝
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*prɯʔ
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痞
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*prɯʔ, *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ
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丕
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*pʰrɯ
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伾
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*pʰrɯ
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秠
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*pʰrɯ, *pʰrɯʔ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ
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駓
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*pʰrɯ
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怌
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*pʰrɯ
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豾
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*pʰrɯ
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髬
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*pʰrɯ
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魾
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*pʰrɯ, *brɯ
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鉟
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*pʰrɯ, *brɯ
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嚭
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*pʰrɯʔ
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邳
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*brɯ
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岯
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*brɯ
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否
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*brɯʔ, *pɯʔ
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抔
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*bɯ, *pʰlɯː
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不
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*pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ'
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紑
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*pɯ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ
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鴀
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*pɯ, *pɯʔ
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衃
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*pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː
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罘
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*bɯ
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芣
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*bɯ
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杯
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*plɯː
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盃
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*plɯː
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桮
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*pɯː
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坯
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*pʰɯː
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胚
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*pʰɯː
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *pʰrɯ) : phonetic 不 (OC *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ') + semantic 一
Pronunciation 1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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丕
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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pī
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Middle Chinese
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‹ phij ›
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Old Chinese
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/*pʰrə/
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English
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great
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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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丕
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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1007
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Phonetic component
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不
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Rime group
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之
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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丕
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Old Chinese
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/*pʰrɯ/
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Notes
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不的轉註字
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Definitions
丕
- large; grand
- to act on; to follow
- A particle.
- a surname
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
丕
- † Alternative form of 不
- Used in 可丕丕 (“heart beating”).
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
丕
(Hyōgai kanji)
- large; grand
Readings
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
丕 • (Hi)
- An orthographic borrowing of the Chinese surname 丕, Pi
Korean
Hanja
丕 (eumhun 클 비 (keul bi))
- hanja form? of 비 (“large; grand”)
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
丕: Hán Việt readings: phi (鋪悲切)[1][2][3][4][5]
丕: Nôm readings: vầy[1][2][3][6][4][5][7], vậy[1][2][3][4][5][7], phỉ[1][2][3][6], bậy[3][6][5], phơi[1], chăng[3], chẳng[3], phi[6]
- chữ Hán form of phi (“large; grand”).
- Nôm form of vầy (“such; like this”).
- Nôm form of vậy (“so; thus”).
References