Wiktionary

拜

See also: 拝
拜 U+62DC, 拜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62DC
← 招
[U+62DB] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 拝 →
[U+62DD]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

拜 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹手一手十 (HQMQJ), four-corner 21550, composition ⿰龵⿱一丰)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 427, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11969
  • Dae Jaweon: page 775, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1846, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+62DC

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
 拜
alternative forms
 
拝
𢷎
𢳎
𢴽
𢰛
拝
𢷎
𢳎
𢴽
𢰛
𡴬
𢱭
𣬓
𣬊
𢫶

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 拜
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     
Characters in the same phonetic series (拜) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
拜 *proːds
湃 *pʰroːds

Originally 𢱭. Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): 扌 (“hand”) + 𠦪 (“herbs”), a hand holding herbs as a gift. 𣬓 and 𢫶 are variant forms showing the hands at the bottom.

Etymology edit

"to bow"
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
"byte"
Borrowed from English byte.
"bye"
Borrowed from English bye.
"day of the week"
Shortened from 禮拜／礼拜 (lǐbài, “day of the week”).

Pronunciation edit

Note: bái - only used in 拜拜 (báibái).
Note:
  • bái - literary;
  • buái - vernacular.
  • Min Nan
  • Wu
    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 拜
    Mandarin Beijing /pai⁵¹/
    Harbin /pai⁵³/
    Tianjin /pai⁵³/
    Jinan /pɛ²¹/
    Qingdao /pɛ⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /pai³¹²/
    Xi'an /pai⁴⁴/
    Xining /pɛ²¹³/
    Yinchuan /pɛ¹³/
    Lanzhou /pɛ¹³/
    Ürümqi /pai²¹³/
    Wuhan /pai³⁵/
    Chengdu /pai¹³/
    Guiyang /pai²¹³/
    Kunming /pæ²¹²/
    Nanjing /pae⁴⁴/
    Hefei /pe̞⁵³/
    Jin Taiyuan /pai⁴⁵/
    Pingyao /pæ³⁵/
    Hohhot /pɛ⁵⁵/
    Wu Shanghai /pa³⁵/
    Suzhou /pɑ⁵¹³/
    Hangzhou /pe̞⁴⁴⁵/
    Wenzhou /pa⁴²/
    Hui Shexian /pa³²⁴/
    Tunxi /pa⁴²/
    Xiang Changsha /pai⁵⁵/
    Xiangtan /pai⁵⁵/
    Gan Nanchang /pai⁴⁵/
    Hakka Meixian /pai⁵³/
    Taoyuan /pɑi⁵⁵/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /pai³³/
    Nanning /pai³³/
    Hong Kong /pai³³/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /pai²¹/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /puɑi²¹²/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /pai³³/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /pai²¹³/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /ʔbai³⁵/
    Rime
    Character 拜
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
    Final (韻) 皆 (33)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) II
    Fanqie 博怪切
    Baxter peajH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/pˠɛiH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/pᵚæiH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/pɐiH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/pəɨjH/
    Li
    Rong         		/pɛiH/
    Wang
    Li         		/pɐiH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/păiH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		bài
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		baai3
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 拜
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		bài
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ pɛjH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*C.pˁro[t]-s/
    English bow, bend (v.)

    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 拜
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 222
    Phonetic
    component         		拜
    Rime
    group         		祭
    Rime
    subdivision         		3
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		𢷎
    Old
    Chinese         		/*proːds/

    Definitions edit

    拜

    1. to do obeisance; to bow; to kowtow
    2. to pray to; to worship
      拜神  ―  bàishén  ―  to pray to a deity
      拜祖先  ―  bài zǔxiān  ―  to pray to one's ancestors
    3. to establish a relationship
    4. (polite) Used before a verb to show respect.
    5. (computing, informal) byte
    6. (informal) bye; goodbye
    7. (Malaysia, Singapore, Hakka, Min) day of the week (when used with a number)
      拜一  ―  bàiyī  ―  Monday

    Compounds edit

    Japanese edit

    Shinjitai

    		拝

    Kyūjitai

    		拜

    Kanji edit

    拜

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 拝)

    1. worship
    2. adore
    3. pray to

    Readings edit

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    拜 (eumhun 절 배 (jeol bae))

    1. Hanja form? of 배 (“do obeisance; bow; kowtow”).
    2. Hanja form? of 배 (“worship”).
    3. Hanja form? of 배 (“yours truly, yours faithfully (respectful term placed after one's own name at the end of a letter)”).

    Compounds edit

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    拜: Hán Nôm readings: bái, vái, bay, bây, phai, phải

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