垻

See also: 壩

垻 U+57BB, 垻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57BB ← 垺 [U+57BA] CJK Unified Ideographs 垼 → [U+57BC]

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

垻 (radical 32 土+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 土月山金 (GBUC), four-corner 4618₀, composition ⿰土貝)

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 229, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5098
• Dae Jaweon: page 465, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 444, character 2
• Unihan data for U+57BB

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ChineseEdit

trad.		垻
simp.		坝*

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (貝) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
貝	*paːds
狽	*paːds
鋇	*paːds
浿	*pʰaːds, *pʰreːds
垻	*praːs
敗	*praːds, *braːds
唄	*braːds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *praːs): semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 貝 (OC *paːds).

Etymology 1Edit

Related to Proto-Tai *paːᴮ (“grove; wood”), whence Thai ป่า (bpàa, “forest; meadow”), Lao ປ່າ (pā, “forest; wilderness”).

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bà (ba⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): ba⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bà
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ
    • Wade-Giles: pa⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bah
    • IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ba⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ba
    • IPA ^(key): /pa²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa³
    • Yale: ba
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba³
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑː³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠa^H/▼

Rime
Character	垻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	必駕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/paH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨH/
Li Rong	/paH/
Wang Li	/paH/
Bernard Karlgren	/paH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bà

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*praːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	垻
Reading #	1/1
No.	419
Phonetic component	貝
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	霸
Old Chinese	/*praːs/

DefinitionsEdit

垻

1. (chiefly Southwestern Mandarin) plain (usually used in place names)
2. (Southwestern Mandarin) beach; shoal

CompoundsEdit

• 垻垻／坝坝
• 垻垻電影／坝坝电影
• 垻子／坝子 (bàzi)
• 平垻／平坝
• 曬垻／晒坝

• 沙垻／沙坝
• 沙垻垻／沙坝坝
• 河垻／河坝
• 河垻垻／河坝坝
• 田垻／田坝

• 留垻／留坝
• 皇城垻／皇城坝
• 華西垻／华西坝
• 院垻／院坝
• 黃田垻／黄田坝

Etymology 2Edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 垻 – see 壩 (“dam; embankment”). (This character, 垻, is a variant form of 壩.)

Etymology 3Edit

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèi (bei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ
    • Wade-Giles: pei⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bey
    • IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹/

DefinitionsEdit

垻

1. ^† slope

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

垻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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ReadingsEdit

• On (unclassified): はい (hai), は (ha), へ (he)
• Kun: つつみ (tsutsumi)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

垻 (bụi)

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ReferencesEdit

• Nom Foundation