坯

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See also: 壞
坯 U+576F, 坯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-576F
← 坮
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 坰 →

Translingual

Han character

坯 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土一火一 (GMFM), four-corner 41119, composition ⿰土丕)

  1. dam, embankment
  2. weir

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 226, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4984
  • Dae Jaweon: page 462, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 430, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+576F

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (不) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
肧 *pʰlɯː, *pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː
俖 *pʰɯːʔ
娝 *prɯʔ
痞 *prɯʔ, *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ
丕 *pʰrɯ
伾 *pʰrɯ
秠 *pʰrɯ, *pʰrɯʔ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ
駓 *pʰrɯ
怌 *pʰrɯ
豾 *pʰrɯ
髬 *pʰrɯ
魾 *pʰrɯ, *brɯ
鉟 *pʰrɯ, *brɯ
嚭 *pʰrɯʔ
邳 *brɯ
岯 *brɯ
否 *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ
抔 *bɯ, *pʰlɯː
不 *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ'
紑 *pɯ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ
鴀 *pɯ, *pɯʔ
衃 *pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː
罘 *bɯ
芣 *bɯ
杯 *plɯː
盃 *plɯː
桮 *pɯː
坯 *pʰɯː
胚 *pʰɯː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰɯː): semantic 土 + phonetic 丕 (OC *pʰrɯ).

Etymology 1

trad. 坯
simp. # 坯
alternative forms 坏

Pronunciation

Note:
  • phe/pher - vernacular (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei;
  • “unfinished product”);
  • phoe - vernacular (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung;
  • “unfinished product”);
  • phoe - literary (Xiamen, Quanzhou).
Rime
Character 坯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 灰 (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 芳杯切
Baxter phwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pʰuʌi/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pʰuoi/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pʰuɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pʰwəj/
Li
Rong 		/pʰuᴀi/
Wang
Li 		/pʰuɒi/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pʰuɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		pēi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		pui1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 坯
Reading # 1/1
No. 1046
Phonetic
component 		不
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		肧
Old
Chinese 		/*pʰɯː/

Definitions

坯

  1. unburnt pottery and bricks; base; blank; mold
  2. adobe; unburnt brick
  3. (dialectal, figurative) unfinished product; semifinished product
    粗坯   ―  chho͘-phe   ―  semi-finished product

Synonyms

  • (unfinished product):

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 坯 – see 壞 (“bad; rotten; spoiled; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 壞).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 坯 – see 坏 (“unfired pottery and bricks; base; low hill; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 坏).

Japanese

Kanji

坯

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): ひ (hi)、はい (hai)、へ (he)
  • Kun: おか (oka)

Korean

Hanja

坯 • (bae) (hangeul 배, revised bae, McCune–Reischauer pae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

坯: Hán Nôm readings: phôi, phơ

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References

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