丕

See also: 조

丕	U+4E15, 丕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E15

← 且
[U+4E14]

CJK Unified Ideographs

世 →
[U+4E16]

Translingual edit

Stroke order

Han character edit

丕 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一火一 (MFM), four-corner 1010₉, composition ⿱不一)

Derived characters edit

伾, 呸, 坯, 㚰, 岯, 𢓖, 怌, 抷, 𣳎, 狉, 𨸹, 𣆏, 胚, 柸, 𤇨, 𤘹, 㺽, 𥅊, 𥑜, 𥘻, 秠, 𥹂, 䋔(𫄞), 蚽, 𣌹, 𠃂, 𫌶, 豾, 𨠙, 鉟, 𨸿, 𩎜, 𩚼, 駓(𬳵), 魾, 𪀇, 噽, 邳, 𣬾, 𣓺, 䪹, 䲹, 苤, 𤵛, 𨴈, 𩈓, 髬, 𪢩, 𨲐, 𩓭, 𩔌

Chinese edit

trad.		丕
simp. ^#		丕
alternative forms		㔻㶨𠦓 ⿱不于

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 丕

**Bronze inscriptions**
b00106

**Small seal script**
s00005

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
L04220	L04221	L04222	L04223

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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 *pʰrɯ) : phonetic 不 (OC *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ') + semantic 一

Pronunciation 1 edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pī (pi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pī
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pi
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi¹
  - Yale: pī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi
  - Palladius: пи (pi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pei¹
  - Yale: pēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phi
  - Tâi-lô: phi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: phij

Rime
Character	丕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	敷悲切
Baxter	phij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰji/
Li Rong	/pʰji/
Wang Li	/pʰi/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰrə/

(Zhengzhang): /*pʰrɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	丕
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pī
Middle Chinese	‹ phij ›
Old Chinese	/*pʰrə/
English	great
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	丕
Reading #	1/1
No.	1007
Phonetic component	不
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	丕
Old Chinese	/*pʰrɯ/
Notes	不的轉註字

Definitions edit

丕

large; grand
- 天下之壯觀，王者之丕業。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  天下之壮观，王者之丕业。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Tiānxià zhī zhuàngguān, wángzhě zhī pī yè. [Pinyin]
  Splendor of all under Heaven, great achievement of kings
to act on; to follow
A particle.
a surname

Pronunciation 2 edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bù (bu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bù
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bù
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴
  - Yale: bù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buh
  - Palladius: бу (bu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹/

Definitions edit

丕

^† Alternative form of 不
Used in 可丕丕 (“heart beating”).

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

丕

Wikipedia ^ja

Kanji edit

丕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

large; grand

Readings edit

Go-on: ひ (hi)
Kan-on: ひ (hi)
Kun: おおきい (ōkii, 丕きい)^{←おほきい (ofokii, 丕きい, historical)}

Korean edit

Hanja edit

丕 (eumhun 클 비 (keul bi))

Hanja form^? of 비 (“large; grand”).

Compounds edit

Compounds

비자 (丕子, bija)

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

丕: Hán Việt readings: phi (鋪(phô)悲(bi)切(thiết))^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
丕: Nôm readings: vầy^[1]^[2]^[3]^[6]^[4]^[5]^[7], vậy^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[7], phỉ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[6], bậy^[3]^[6]^[5], phơi^[1], chăng^[3], chẳng^[3], phi^[6]

chữ Hán form of phi (“large; grand”).
Nôm form of vầy (“such; like this”).
Nôm form of vậy (“so; thus”).

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Nguyễn (2014).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 Trần (2004).
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Bonet (1899).
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Génibrel (1898).
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 Hồ (1976).
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

[tdcndg-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Nguyễn (2014).

[tdcntd-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 Trần (2004).

[bonet-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Bonet (1899).

[genibrel-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Génibrel (1898).

[btcn-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 Hồ (1976).

[taberd-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

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