芘

See also: 蔽

芘 U+8298, 芘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8298 ← 芗 [U+8297] CJK Unified Ideographs 芙 → [U+8299]

Translingual

Han character

芘 (radical 140, 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿心心 (TPP), four-corner 4471₁, composition ⿱艹比)

Derived characters

• 𣓋, 𦰙

References

• KangXi: page 1019, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30693
• Dae Jaweon: page 1476, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3179, character 17
• Unihan data for U+8298

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		芘

Etymology 1

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
梐	*piː, *biːʔ
狴	*piː
悂	*piː, *pʰi
螕	*piː
鎞	*piː
蓖	*piː
篦	*piː, *bis
批	*pʰiː
砒	*pʰiː
鈚	*pʰiː, *bi
磇	*pʰiː
媲	*pʰiːs
笓	*biː
膍	*biː, *bi
陛	*biːʔ
仳	*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *bi, *briʔ
吡	*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *biɡ
紕	*be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ
比	*piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ
妣	*piʔ, *pis
秕	*piʔ
沘	*piʔ, *bi
枇	*piʔ, *bi, *bis
粊	*pris
庇	*pis
屁	*pʰis
琵	*bi
毗	*bi
貔	*bi
豼	*bi
蚍	*bi
芘	*bi, *bis
肶	*bi
魮	*bi
阰	*bi
坒	*bis, *biɡ
玭	*bin

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pí (pi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: pí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei⁴
    • Yale: pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /biɪ/

Rime
Character	芘
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	房脂切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/bi/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bi/
Li Rong	/bi/
Wang Li	/bi/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bi/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芘
Reading #	1/2
No.	532
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𣬈
Old Chinese	/*bi/

Definitions

芘

1. Only used in 芘芣.

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Wade–Giles: pi4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei³
    • Yale: bei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /biɪ^H/

Rime
Character	芘
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	毗至切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/biH/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biH/
Li Rong	/biH/
Wang Li	/biH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bis/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芘
Reading #	2/2
No.	545
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鼻
Old Chinese	/*bis/

Definitions

芘

1. Alternative form of 庇 (bì).

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “loanword”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐ (bi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
    • Wade–Giles: pi3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴/

Definitions

芘

1. pyrene

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 芘 – see 蓖 (“castor oil plant”). (This character, 芘, is the second-round simplified form of 蓖.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 芘 – see 篦 (“fine-toothed comb; to comb with a fine-toothed comb; etc.”). (This character, 芘, is the second-round simplified form of 篦.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 芘 – see 蔽 (“to cover; to hide; to conceal; to summarize; to sum up”). (This character, 芘, is the second-round simplified form of 蔽.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

芘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi), び (bi)

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Korean

Hanja

芘 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)

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