稗
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Translingual
Han character
稗 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹木竹田十 (HDHWJ), four-corner 26940, composition ⿰禾卑)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 855, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25113
- Dae Jaweon: page 1280, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2613, character 11
- Unihan data for U+7A17
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
稗 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 粺 | |
Glyph origin
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 捭 | *preːʔ |
| 牌 | *breː, *breː |
| 郫 | *breː, *bre, *be |
| 蠯 | *breː, *be, *breːŋʔ |
| 猈 | *breːʔ, *breː |
| 稗 | *breːs |
| 粺 | *breːs |
| 𥱼 | *breː |
| 豍 | *peː |
| 箄 | *peː, *pe, *peʔ |
| 錍 | *pʰeː, *pe |
| 睥 | *pʰeːs |
| 渒 | *pʰeːs, *pe |
| 鼙 | *beː |
| 鞞 | *beː, *pe, *peʔ, *peːŋʔ |
| 椑 | *beː, *pe, *beɡ, *beːɡ |
| 崥 | *beː, *peʔ |
| 髀 | *beːʔ, *peʔ, *piʔ |
| 卑 | *pe |
| 鵯 | *pe, *pʰiɡ |
| 裨 | *pe, *be |
| 痺 | *pe |
| 碑 | *pre |
| 婢 | *peʔ, *beʔ |
| 諀 | *pʰeʔ |
| 脾 | *be |
| 埤 | *be |
| 陴 | *be |
| 蜱 | *be, *mbew |
| 焷 | *be |
| 螷 | *be, *breːŋʔ |
| 庳 | *beʔ |
| 琕 | *biːŋ |
| 萆 | *beɡ, *slɯʔ |
| 綼 | *biɡ, *peːɡ |
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ras (“rice, fruit, to bear fruit, round object”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bai4
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): pa5
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): bai3
- Northern Min (KCR): pāi
- Eastern Min (BUC): pá̤ / bâi
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6ba
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ba5
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bài
- Wade–Giles: pai4
- Yale: bài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bay
- Palladius: бай (baj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /paɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: bai4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bai
- Sinological IPA (key): /pai²¹³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: bai6 / bai6-2 / baai6 / pei4
- Yale: baih / bái / baaih / pèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: bai6 / bai6-2 / baai6 / pei4
- Guangdong Romanization: bei6 / bei6-2 / bai6 / péi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐi̯²²/, /pɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/, /paːi̯²²/, /pʰei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note: pei4 - rare variant, e.g. 稗官.
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: pai4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰai²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: pa5
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰa¹¹/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phai
- Hakka Romanization System: pai
- Hagfa Pinyim: pai4
- Sinological IPA: /pʰai̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: bai3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /pai⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pāi
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰai⁵⁵/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: pá̤ / bâi
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɑ²¹³/, /pɑi²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
Note:
- pá̤ - vernacular;
- bâi - literary.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phē
- Tâi-lô: phē
- Phofsit Daibuun: phe
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰe²²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /pʰe³³/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phǒe
- Tâi-lô: phuě
- IPA (Lukang): /pʰue³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pāi
- Tâi-lô: pāi
- Phofsit Daibuun: pai
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pai²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pai⁴¹/
Note:
- phōe/phē/phǒe - vernacular;
- pāi - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: poin7 / poi7 / bi2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phōiⁿ / phōi / pí
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰõĩ¹¹/, /pʰoi¹¹/, /pi⁵²/
Note:
- poin7 - vernacular (Chaozhou, Shantou);
- poi7 - vernacular (Jieyang, Puning, Huilai);
- bi2 - literary.
- Middle Chinese: beaH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ˤre-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*breːs/
Definitions
稗
- barnyard grass; barnyard millet
- (literary) insignificant; unofficial (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 稗子 (“barnyard grass”)
Compounds
References
- “稗”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
稗
- barnyardgrass, Japanese barnyard millet
- small, minor
- sundry
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 稗 |
| ひえ Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 穇 |
Pronunciation
Noun
Usage notes
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
Derived terms
Idioms
- 豆を植えて稗を得る (mame o uete hie o eru, “to do something expecting good results, instead getting bad results”)
References
Korean
Hanja
稗 (eum 패 (pae))
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