悲

悲 U+60B2, 悲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60B2 ← 悱 [U+60B1] CJK Unified Ideographs 悳 → [U+60B3]

Translingual

Han character

悲 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中卜心 (LYP), four-corner 1133₁, composition ⿱非心)

References

• KangXi: page 388, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10720
• Dae Jaweon: page 721, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2310, character 4
• Unihan data for U+60B2

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Chinese

trad.		悲
simp. #		悲

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (非) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
啡	*pʰɯːlʔ
排	*brɯːl
俳	*brɯːl
輫	*brɯːl, *buːl
悲	*prɯl
棑	*breː, *brɯːls
輩	*puːls
裴	*buːl, *bɯl
徘	*buːl
琲	*buːlʔ
痱	*buːlʔ, *pɯds, *bɯl, *bɯls
非	*pɯl
扉	*pɯl
緋	*pɯl
猆	*pɯl
斐	*pɯl, *pʰɯlʔ
馡	*pɯl
騑	*pɯl, *pʰɯl
誹	*pɯl, *pɯlʔ, *pɯls
餥	*pɯl, *pɯlʔ
匪	*pɯlʔ
棐	*pɯlʔ
蜚	*pɯlʔ, *bɯls
篚	*pɯlʔ
榧	*pɯlʔ
鯡	*pɯls
霏	*pʰɯl
菲	*pʰɯl, *pʰɯlʔ, *bɯls
婔	*pʰɯl
裶	*pʰɯl
悱	*pʰɯlʔ
奜	*pʰɯlʔ
腓	*bɯl, *bɯls
陫	*bɯlʔ
屝	*bɯls
厞	*bɯls
翡	*bɯls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *prɯl): phonetic 非 (OC *pɯl) + semantic 心 (“heart; thought; emotion”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēi (bei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pî
• Min Dong (BUC): pĭ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bui¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): pe (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bei
    • Wade–Giles: pei1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei¹
    • Yale: bēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pî
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pi²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi
    • Tâi-lô: pi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: py
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pui³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: pe (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pe̞⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠiɪ/

Rime
Character	悲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	府眉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/piɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pji/
Li Rong	/pji/
Wang Li	/pi/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*prəj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*prɯl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	悲
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bēi
Middle Chinese	‹ pij ›
Old Chinese	/*prəj/
English	sad
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	悲
Reading #	1/1
No.	3067
Phonetic component	非
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	悲
Old Chinese	/*prɯl/

Definitions

悲

1. sad; sorrowful
2. to pity

Compounds

Derived terms from 悲

• 兔死狐悲 (tùsǐhúbēi)
• 可悲 (kěbēi)
• 含悲
• 大悲 (dàbēi)
• 大悲咒 (Dàbēizhòu)
• 大悲心
• 大悲水
• 大慈大悲 (dàcídàbēi)
• 悲不可抑
• 悲切 (bēiqiè)
• 悲吒
• 悲咽 (bēiyè)
• 悲哀 (bēi'āi)
• 悲啼
• 悲喜 (bēixǐ)
• 悲喜交切
• 悲喜交加
• 悲喜交至
• 悲喜交集 (bēixǐ-jiāojí)
• 悲喜兼集
• 悲嚎
• 悲天院
• 悲寂
• 悲心
• 悲思
• 悲悲切切
• 悲悲戚戚
• 悲悼 (bēidào)
• 悲情 (bēiqíng)
• 悲愁 (bēichóu)
• 悲感
• 悲戚 (bēiqī)
• 悲摧 (bēicuī)
• 悲智
• 悲楚 (bēichǔ)
• 悲歌 (bēigē)
• 悲歌慷慨
• 悲泗淋漓
• 悲泣 (bēiqì)
• 悲田
• 悲田院

• 悲痛 (bēitòng)
• 悲秋
• 悲笳
• 悲篥
• 悲苦 (bēikǔ)
• 悲谷
• 悲辛 (bēixīn)
• 悲酸 (bēisuān)
• 慈悲 (cíbēi)
• 慷慨悲歌
• 打悲
• 打悲阿
• 狐兔之悲
• 狐死兔悲
• 翟子悲
• 茹泣吞悲
• 霸王悲歌
• 鼓琴悲
• 悲喜交并
• 傷悲／伤悲 (shāngbēi)
• 含悲忍淚／含悲忍泪
• 大悲懺／大悲忏
• 大放悲聲／大放悲声
• 大發慈悲／大发慈悲 (dàfācíbēi)
• 性格悲劇／性格悲剧
• 悲不自勝／悲不自胜
• 悲傷／悲伤 (bēishāng)
• 悲傷感／悲伤感
• 悲劇／悲剧 (bēijù)
• 悲劇反諷／悲剧反讽
• 悲喜劇／悲喜剧 (bēixǐjù)
• 悲嘆／悲叹 (bēitàn)
• 悲回風／悲回风
• 悲壯／悲壮 (bēizhuàng)
• 悲天憫人／悲天悯人 (bēitiānmǐnrén)
• 悲從中來／悲从中来
• 悲悽／悲凄 (bēiqī)
• 悲愴／悲怆 (bēichuàng)
• 悲慘／悲惨 (bēicǎn)
• 悲慘世界／悲惨世界
• 悲慟／悲恸 (bēitòng)

• 悲憂／悲忧
• 悲憐／悲怜
• 悲憤／悲愤 (bēifèn)
• 悲憤填膺／悲愤填膺
• 悲憤詩／悲愤诗
• 悲憫／悲悯 (bēimǐn)
• 悲懷／悲怀
• 悲歎／悲叹
• 悲歡／悲欢 (bēihuān)
• 悲歡合散／悲欢合散
• 悲歡歲月／悲欢岁月 (bēihuānsuìyuè)
• 悲歡聚散／悲欢聚散
• 悲歡離合／悲欢离合 (bēihuānlíhé)
• 悲涼／悲凉 (bēiliáng)
• 悲犬咸陽／悲犬咸阳
• 悲痛欲絕／悲痛欲绝 (bēitòngyùjué)
• 悲秋傷春／悲秋伤春
• 悲聲／悲声 (bēishēng)
• 悲號／悲号 (bēiháo)
• 悲觀／悲观 (bēiguān)
• 悲觀主義／悲观主义 (bēiguānzhǔyì)
• 悲願／悲愿 (bēiyuàn)
• 悲風／悲风
• 悲鳴／悲鸣 (bēimíng)
• 慈悲殺人／慈悲杀人
• 慈悲為懷／慈悲为怀
• 慈悲為本／慈悲为本
• 樂極則悲／乐极则悲
• 樂極悲來／乐极悲来
• 樂極悲生／乐极悲生
• 樂極生悲／乐极生悲 (lèjíshēngbēi)
• 發悲／发悲 (fābēi)
• 睹物興悲／睹物兴悲
• 興盡悲來／兴尽悲来
• 轉悲為喜／转悲为喜
• 遙悲／遥悲
• 銜悲茹恨／衔悲茹恨
• 離合悲歡／离合悲欢
• 風木含悲／风木含悲
• 風樹之悲／风树之悲

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Japanese

Shinjitai	悲
Kyūjitai

Kanji

悲

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. sad

Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
• Kun: かなしい (kanashii, 悲しい, Jōyō); かなしむ (kanashimu, 悲しむ, Jōyō); かなしみ (kanashimi, 悲しみ)

Compounds

• 悲(ひ)劇(げき) (higeki, “tragedy”)
• 悲(ひ)鳴(めい) (himei, “scream”)
• 悲(ひ)喜(き) (hiki, “joys and sorrows”)

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Korean

Hanja

悲 (eumhun 슬플 비 (seulpeul bi))

1. Hanja form^? of 비 (“sad”).

Compounds

• 비극 (悲劇, bigeuk, “tragedy”)
• 비명 (悲鳴, bimyeong, “scream”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

悲: Hán Nôm readings: bi, bây, bầy, bay

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Compounds

• 悲𣇞 (bây giờ)