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璧 (Kangxi radical 96,玉+13, 18 strokes,cangjie input尸十一土戈 (SJMGI),four-corner70103,composition⿱辟玉)
| simp. andtrad. | 璧 | |
|---|---|---|
| Historical forms of the character璧 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Zhou | Spring and Autumn | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) | Liushutong (compiled inMing) | Libian (compiled inQing) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts | Clerical script |
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*peɡ): phonetic 辟(OC*peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ) + semantic 玉 – a type of jade.
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 璧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 昔 (123) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 必益切 |
| Baxter | pjiek |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /piᴇk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /piɛk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piæk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /piajk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /piɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭɛk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pi̯ɛk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bik1 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 璧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pjiek › |
| Old Chinese | /*pek/ |
| English | circular jade insignium |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 璧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 676 |
| Phonetic component | 辟 |
| Rime group | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 辟 |
| Old Chinese | /*peɡ/ |
璧
This character is not to be confused with the visually similar壁.
| Kanji in this term |
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| 璧 |
| へき Grade: S |
| kan'on |
FromMiddle Chinese璧 (MC pjiek). Recorded asMiddle Korean벽〮(pyék) (Yale:pyék) inHunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
璧:Hán Nôm readings:bích,bệch,bịch,vách
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