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[edit] Translingual

Stroke order
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[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic  (hand) + phonetic  – to place in line.

[edit] Han character

(radical 64 +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手中一卜 (QLMY), four-corner 51011, composition)

  1. row, rank, line

[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 437, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12256
  • Dae Jaweon: page 787, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1895, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6392

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(jyutping paai4, Yale paai4)

  1. (military) platoon

[edit] Usage notes

(military): Under the National Revolutionary Army, a platoon was composed of three squads (). In turn, three platoons formed a company ().


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

[edit] Readings


[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

(hangeul , revised bae, McCune-Reischauer pae, Yale pay)

[edit] Compounds


[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Hanzi

(pinyin pái (pai2), Wade-Giles p'ai2)

  1. (military) platoon

[edit] Compounds

[edit] Usage notes

(military): Under the National Revolutionary Army, a platoon was composed of three squads (). In turn, three platoons formed a company ().


[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

(*bhæi)


[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Han character

(pâi (pai5))


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(bài, bai, bày, bời, bay, bầy, vài, vời)

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