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Translingual
Han character
披 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手木竹水 (QDHE), four-corner 54047, composition ⿰扌皮)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 422, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11909
- Dae Jaweon: page 770, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1861, character 1
- Unihan data for U+62AB
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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陂
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*pral, *prals
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詖
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*pral, *prals
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彼
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*pralʔ
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柀
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*pralʔ
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佊
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*pralʔ, *prals
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貱
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*prals
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跛
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*prals, *paːlʔ
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披
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*pʰral, *pʰralʔ
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鈹
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*pʰral
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帔
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*pʰral, *pʰrals
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鮍
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*pʰral
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耚
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*pʰral
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狓
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*pʰral
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翍
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*pʰral
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旇
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*pʰral, *brals
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秛
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*pʰral, *pʰrals
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紴
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*pʰralʔ, *paːl
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皮
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*bral
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疲
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*bral
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被
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*bralʔ, *brals
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髲
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*brals
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鞁
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*brals
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骳
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*mbralʔ
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波
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*paːl
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碆
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*paːl, *baːl
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菠
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*paːl
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簸
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*paːlʔ, *paːls
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駊
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*paːlʔ, *pʰaːlʔ
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頗
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*pʰaːl, *pʰaːlʔ, *pʰaːls
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坡
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*pʰaːl
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玻
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*pʰaːl
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破
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*pʰaːls
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婆
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*baːl
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蔢
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*baːl
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰral, *pʰralʔ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 皮 (OC *bral).
Etymology 1
Related to Burmese ပြား (pra:, “to scatter, vary”) (Hill 2019, p. 32).
Pronunciation
Note:
- phi - literary (“to drape (Xiamen); wide and flat utensil; to spread out”);
- phoa - vernacular.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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披
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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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‹ phje ›
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Old Chinese
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/*pʰ(r)aj/
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English
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divide
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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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披
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披
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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9698
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9708
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Phonetic component
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皮
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皮
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Rime group
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歌
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歌
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Rime subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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鈹
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㱟
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Old Chinese
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/*pʰral/
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/*pʰralʔ/
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Definitions
披
- to drape; to wrap around; to put on (over one's shoulders)
- 披肩 ― pījiān ― shawl
- 披羊皮的狼 ― pī yángpí de láng ― wolf that put on sheepskin
你若出門著加披一領衫。 [Hokkien, trad.]
你若出门着加披一领衫。 [Hokkien, simp.]- Lí nā chhut-mn̂g tio̍h ke phi chi̍t niá saⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- You have to put on another layer of clothing if you go out.
- to open; to unfurl; to unroll; to spread out
- 披卷 ― pījuàn ― to browse through books
- 披露 ― pīlù ― to reveal; to disclose
你將洗了的衫提去披咧竹篙曝日。 [Hokkien, trad.]
你将洗了的衫提去披咧竹篙曝日。 [Hokkien, simp.]- Lí chiong sóe liáu ê saⁿ the̍h khì phi le̍h tek-ko pha̍k-li̍t. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- Take the washed laundry and lay it on the bamboo pole to dry in the sun.
- to split open; to crack
地上的那根竹竿披了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]- Dìshàng de nà gēn zhúgān pī le.
- The bamboo pole on the ground is already split open.
- to hang down; to hang loose (of one's hair, etc.)
- 披頭/披头 ― pītóu ― to have dishevelled hair
你最好把頭髮披下來。 [MSC, trad.]
你最好把头发披下来。 [MSC, simp.]- Nǐ zuìhǎo bǎ tóufà pī xiàlái.
- You better wear your hair down.
- (Hokkien) wide and flat utensil woven with bamboo used for drying things
- 竹披仔 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― tek-phi-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― woven bamboo utensil shaped like a tray or mat
- a surname
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
披
- (historical) silk ribbon on both sides of a hearse
Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 披 – see 袚 (“(Hokkien) to throw loosely; to drape (over one's shoulder, a chair, etc.)”). (This character is a variant form of 袚). |
References
Japanese
Kanji
披
(Jōyō kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
披 • (pi) (hangeul 피, revised pi, McCune–Reischauer p'i, Yale phi)
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Vietnamese
Han character
披: Hán Nôm readings: phơ, bờ, pha, phê, phi, phơi
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References