匕

See also: 七

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

匕 (radical 21 匕+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 山竹 (UH), four-corner 2271₀, composition ⿺乚丿)

1. spoon, ladle
2. knife, dirk

References

• KangXi: page 152, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2570
• Dae Jaweon: page 342, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 261, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5315

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		匕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐ, huā (bi³, hua¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ, ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei², bei⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): pí
• Min Nan (POJ): pí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
    • Wade-Giles: pih³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
    • IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: huā
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Wade-Giles: hua¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hua
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯a̠⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei², bei⁶
    • Yale: béi, beih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei², bei⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵/, /pei̯²²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pí
    • Guangdong: pi³
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi3
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí
    • Tâi-lô: pí
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (匕, reconstructed)
Character (匕), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 脂 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 卑履切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/piɪX/	/piX/	/piX/	/piX/	/piX/	/piX/	/pjɪX/
Character (匕), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 曉 (32) Final: 麻 Division: II			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 呼霸切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/hɣuaH/	/xwaH/	/xuaH/	/hʷɯaH/	/hwaɨH/	/xwaH/	/xuaH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (匕, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
匕								bǐ								‹ pjijX ›								/*pijʔ/								ladle, spoon
匕								bǐ								‹ pjijX ›								/*pijʔ/								spoon
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
匕					484					匕					脂					1					匕					/*pilʔ/
匕					5329					化					歌					1					化					/*hŋʷraːls/

Definitions

匕

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References

• VoiceDic (汉语方言发音字典)
• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

匕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: ひ (hi)
• Kun: さじ (saji)

Noun

匕 (hiragana さじ, romaji saji)

1. Alternative form of 匙

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Korean

Hanja

匕 (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune-Reischauer pi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

匕 (chuỷ)

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