坒

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坒 U+5752, 坒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5752
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Translingual

Han character

坒 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 心心土 (PPG), four-corner 21104, composition ⿱比土)

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 226, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4933
  • Dae Jaweon: page 461, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 422, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+5752

Chinese

trad. 坒
simp. # 坒
alternative forms 㘩

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 *bis, *biɡ) : phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ) + semantic 土 (“earth”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 坒 坒
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 脂 (15) 質 (48)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 毗至切 毗必切
Baxter bjijH bjit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/biɪH/ /biɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/biH/ /bit̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/bjɪH/ /bjet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/biH/ /bit̚/
Li
Rong 		/biH/ /biĕt̚/
Wang
Li 		/biH/ /bĭĕt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱiH/ /bʱi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bì bí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bei6 bat6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 坒 坒
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 544 548
Phonetic
component 		比 比
Rime
group 		脂 質
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		鼻 邲
Old
Chinese 		/*bis/ /*biɡ/

Definitions

坒

  1. to connect

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 坒 – see 陛 (“flight of steps; steps leading to the throne in a palace”).
(This character is a variant form of 陛).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 坒 – see 壁 (“wall; partition; rampart; defensive wall; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 壁).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

坒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): ひ (hi)、び (bi)
  • Kun: きじはし (kijihashi)

Korean

Hanja

坒 (eum 비 (bi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

坒: Hán Nôm readings: bệ

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