鱉

See also: 鳖, 龞, and 鼈

鱉 U+9C49, 鱉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C49 ← 鱈 [U+9C48] CJK Unified Ideographs 鱊 → [U+9C4A]

Contents

Translingual

Han character

鱉 (radical 195, 魚+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 火大弓田火 (FKNWF), four-corner 9733₆, composition ⿱敝魚)

Derived characters

• 𧆊

Related characters

• 龞, 鼈 (Variant forms of 鱉)
• 鳖 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• KangXi: page 1477, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46472
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4710, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9C49

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Chinese

trad.		鱉
simp.		鳖
variant forms		龞 鼈

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (敝) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
蔽	*peds
鄨	*peds, *ped
鷩	*peds, *ped
彆	*peds, *peːd
潎	*pʰeds, *pʰed
斃	*beds, *bed
敝	*beds, *bed
幣	*beds
弊	*beds
鱉	*ped
虌	*ped
憋	*ped, *pʰed, *peːd
瞥	*pʰed, *pʰeːd
鐅	*pʰed, *pʰeːd
嫳	*bed, *pʰeːd
撇	*pʰeːd
撆	*pʰeːd
暼	*pʰeːd
蹩	*beːd
襒	*beːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ped): phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed) + semantic 魚.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): biē (bie¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄝ

  (Chengdu, SP): bie¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): bit³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bet⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): piet⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): piet

  (Meixian, Guangdong): biêd⁵

• Jin (Wiktionary): bieh⁴
• Min Bei (KCR): biĕ
• Min Dong (BUC): biék
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pih / piat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pih⁴

• Wu (Wiktionary): piq (T4)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): pie⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: biē
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄝ
    • Wade–Giles: pieh¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bie
    • IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: bie¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bie
    • IPA ^(key): /piɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bit³
    • Yale: bit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid³
    • IPA ^(key): /piːt̚³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bet⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /pet̚³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: piet⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰiɛt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: piet
    • Hakka Romanization System: bied`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: biad⁵
    • IPA: /pi̯et̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: biêd⁵
    • IPA: /piɛt̚¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: bieh⁴
    • IPA (old-style): /piəʔ²/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: biĕ
    • IPA ^(key): /piɛ²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: biék
    • IPA ^(key): /piɛʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pih / piat
    • Tâi-lô: pih / piat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piq, piad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piʔ³²/, /piɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piʔ⁵/, /piɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piʔ³²/, /piɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piʔ³²/, /piɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piʔ³²/, /piɛt̚³²/

Note:

• pih - vernacular;
• piat - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: pih⁴
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phih
  • IPA ^(key): /pʰiʔ²/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: piq (T4)
  • IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵/

Xiang

• (Changsha)
  • Wiktionary: pie⁶
  • IPA ^(key): /pʰie̞²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /piᴇt̚/▼

Rime
Character	鱉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	薛 (81)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	并列切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/piɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pjæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piat̚/
Li Rong	/piɛt̚/
Wang Li	/pĭɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bie

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pet/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ped/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鱉
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	biē
Middle Chinese	‹ pjiet ›
Old Chinese	/*pet/
English	soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae?)
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	鱉
Reading #	1/1
No.	636
Phonetic component	敝
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鷩
Old Chinese	/*ped/
Notes	鼈注內俗體

Definitions

鱉

1. soft-shell turtle (any turtle in the family Trionychidae, especially Pelodiscus sinensis)

Synonyms

Compounds

• 土鱉／土鳖 (tǔbiē)
• 地鱉／地鳖 (dìbiē)
• 地鱉蟲／地鳖虫 (dìbiēchóng)
• 將蝦釣鱉／将虾钓鳖
• 尿鱉／尿鳖
• 尿鱉子／尿鳖子
• 山瑞鱉／山瑞鳖 (shānruìbiē)
• 援鱉失龜／援鳖失龟
• 擉鱉／擉鳖
• 斑鱉／斑鳖
• 水鱉／水鳖 (shuǐbiē)
• 水鱉子／水鳖子 (shuǐbiēzi)
• 甕中之鱉／瓮中之鳖
• 甕中捉鱉／瓮中捉鳖

• 甕中捉鱉／瓮中捉鳖
• 田鱉／田鳖
• 番木鱉／番木鳖
• 番木鱉鹼／番木鳖碱
• 石鱉／石鳖
• 窄鱉鱉／窄鳖鳖
• 脾鱉／脾鳖
• 賣鱉雞／卖鳖鸡
• 賭鱉氣／赌鳖气
• 跛鱉千里／跛鳖千里
• 酒鱉／酒鳖
• 酒鱉子／酒鳖子
• 馬鱉／马鳖

• 鱉悶／鳖闷
• 鱉懆／鳖懆
• 鱉煞／鳖煞
• 鱉燥／鳖燥
• 鱉爪／鳖爪
• 鱉甲／鳖甲 (biējiǎ)
• 鱉縮頭／鳖缩头
• 鱉裙／鳖裙 (biēqún)
• 鱉邊／鳖边 (biēbiān)
• 鱉鳥／鳖鸟
• 黿鳴鱉應／鼋鸣鳖应
• 龜笑鱉無尾／龟笑鳖无尾
• 龜鱉目／龟鳖目

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Japanese

Kanji

鱉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 鼈: a soft-shell turtle, especially the Chinese softshell turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis

Readings

• Go-on: へち (hechi)
• Kan-on: へつ (hetsu)
• Kan’yō-on: べつ (betsu)
• Kun: すっぽん (suppon, 鱉); かめ (kame, 鱉)

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Korean

Hanja

鱉 • (byeol) (hangeul 별, revised byeol, McCune–Reischauer pyŏl, Yale pyel)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鱉 (miết, bét, biết)

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