坒

坒 U+5752, 坒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5752 ← 坑 [U+5751] CJK Unified Ideographs 坓 → [U+5753]

Translingual

Han character

坒 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 心心土 (PPG), four-corner 2110₄, composition ⿱比土)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 226, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4933
• Dae Jaweon: page 461, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 422, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5752

Chinese

trad.		坒
simp. #		坒
alternative forms		㘩

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bis, *biɡ) : phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ) + semantic 土 (“earth”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bai⁶, bei²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴
    • Yale: bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bai⁶, bei²
    • Yale: baih, béi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bai⁶, bei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bei⁶, béi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯²²/, /pei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī
    • Tâi-lô: pī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi³³/

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• Middle Chinese: bjijH, bjit

Rime
Character	坒	坒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	眞 (48)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	毗至切	毗必切
Baxter	bjijH	bjit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪH/	/biɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/biH/	/bit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɪH/	/bjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biH/	/bit̚/
Li Rong	/biH/	/biĕt̚/
Wang Li	/biH/	/bĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱiH/	/bʱi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì	bí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei6	bat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bis/, /*biɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	坒	坒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	544	548
Phonetic component	比	比
Rime group	脂	質
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	鼻	邲
Old Chinese	/*bis/	/*biɡ/

Definitions

坒

1. to connect

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 坒 – see 陛 (“flight of steps; steps leading to the throne in a palace”). (This character is a variant form of 陛).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 坒 – see 壁 (“wall; partition; rampart; defensive wall; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 壁).

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

Japanese

Kanji

坒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi); び (bi)
• Kun: きじはし (kijihashi)

Korean

Hanja

坒 (eum 비 (bi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

坒: Hán Nôm readings: bệ

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