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| Japanese | 卑 |
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| Simplified | 卑 |
| Traditional | 卑 |
Note that in Japaneseshinjitai, the top left handed stroke㇓ is written as two separate strokes.
卑 (Kangxi radical 24,十+6in Chinese, 十+7in Japanese, 8 strokesin Chinese, 9 strokesin Japanese,cangjie input竹竹十 (HHJ),four-corner26400,composition⿱⿻白丿十(GHTK) or⿱丿𤰞(JV))
| simp. andtrad. | 卑 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 𤰞 | |
| Historical forms of the character卑 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) | Liushutong (compiled inMing) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| 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 |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 甲(“fan”) + 𠂇(“hand”) - a man holding a fan, indicating that he is a servant.
Note similarities toBurmeseပေ(pe,“to be soiled, dirty”).
The Mandarin pronunciationbēi differs from the expected pronunciationbī (carrying forward from Middle Chinese pjie) due to homophony avoidance with the vulgar word屄(bī,“cunt”).
| Variety | Location | 卑 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /pei⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /pei⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /pei²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /pei²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /pe⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /pʰi⁵³/ | |
| Xi'an | /pi²¹/ | |
| Xining | /pji⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /pei⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /pi³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /pei⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /pei⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /pei⁵⁵/ | |
| Guiyang | /pei⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /pei⁴⁴/ | |
| Nanjing | /pəi³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /pe²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /pei¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /pei¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /pei³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /pe⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /pe̞⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /pei³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /pai³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /pe³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /pe¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /pei³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /pəi³³/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /pi⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | ||
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /pei⁵³/ |
| Nanning | /pi⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /pei⁵⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /pi⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /pi⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /pi⁵⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Teochew) | /pui³³/ | |
| Haikou (Hainanese) | /ʔbɔi²³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 卑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 府移切 |
| Baxter | pjie |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /piᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /piɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pjɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /piə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /pie/ |
| Wang Li | /pǐe/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bei1 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 卑 | 卑 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bēi | bēi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pjie › | ‹ pjie › |
| Old Chinese | /*pe/ | /*pe/ |
| English | low, humble | 鮮卑 *s[a]r.pe Xiānbēi |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 卑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 368 |
| Phonetic component | 卑 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 卑 |
| Old Chinese | /*pe/ |
卑
| Shinjitai | 卑 | |
| Kyūjitai [1] | 卑 卑or 卑+ ︀? | |
| 卑󠄀 卑+ 󠄀?(Adobe-Japan1) | ||
| 卑󠄃 卑+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji,kyūjitai form卑)
FromMiddle Chinese卑 (MC pjie). Recorded asMiddle Korean비(pi) (Yale:pi) inHunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
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