比

See also 此

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Also Simplified from 敝 as in 毙 (from 斃).

Han character

比 (radical 81 比+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 心心 (PP), four-corner 2171₀)

1. to compare, liken
2. comparison
3. than
4. Belgium

Derived characters

• 庇 昆 皆 屁 蚍
• 毙 (in simplified form)

Descendants

• ひ
• ヒ

See also

• 此 北
• 鹿

References

• KangXi: page 590, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16743
• Dae Jaweon: page 982, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1415, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6BD4

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Cantonese

Hanzi

比 (jyutping bei2, bei6, pei4, Yale bei2, bei6, pei4)

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Hakka

Hanzi

比 (POJ pí, Guangdong pi³, Hagfa Pinyim bi3)

References

• 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

Noun

比 (hiragana ひ, romaji hi)

1. comparison, match, equal
2. ratio

Kanji

比 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ひ (hi)
• Kun: くらべる (比べる, kuraberu)
• Nanori: い (i), ぴっ (bit), これ (kore)

Compounds

compounds containing "比"

比える (yosoeru, tagueru): compare, liken 比おい (korooi): time, period 比する (hisuru): compare 比べ (kurabe): contest, comparison 比べる (kuraberu): compare, compete 比べ物 (kurabemono): worthy of comparison 比を求める (hi o motomeru): obtain the ratio 比を見ない (hi o minai): unique, unrivaled 比価 (hika): parity 比較 (hikaku): comparison 比丘 (biku): bhikkhu 比況 (hikyō): comparison, similitude 比肩 (hiken): rank equal with 比重 (hijū): specific gravity 比島 (hitō): Philippines 比日 (hinichi): Philippines and Japan 比熱 (hibetsu): specific heat 比諭 (hiyu): allegory, parable 比翼 (hiyoku): wings abreast 比率 (hiritsu): ratio, proportion 比倫 (hirin): peer, match 比隣 (hirin): nearby, vicinity 比類 (hirui): parallel, equal 比例 (hirei): proportion 比喩 (hiyu): simile, metaphor 比叡山 (hieizan): Mt. Hiei 比較器 (hikakuki): comparator 比較級 (hikakukyū): comparative 比較式 (hikakushiki): comparison expression 比丘尼 (bikuni): bhikkhuni 比重計 (hijūkei): hydrometer 比抵抗 (hiteikō): specific resistance 比電荷 (hidenka): specific charge 比目魚 (hirame): flounder 比翼塚 (hiyokuzuka): double grave of lovers who died together

比律賓 (firippin): Philippines 比例区 (hireiku): proportionally represented constituency 比例式 (hireishiki): proportional expression 比例税 (hireizei): proportional tax 比較的 (hikakuteki): comparative, relative 比喩的な (hiyuteki na): figurative 比抵抗計 (hiteikōkei): resistivity meter 比目魚筋 (hiramekin): soleus muscle 比誘電率 (hiyūdenritsu): dielectric constant 比翼の鳥 (hiyoku no tori): happily married couple アスペクト比 (asupekutohi): aspect ratio 阿比 (abi): red-throated loon 櫛比 (shippi): lining up 正比 (seihi): direct ratio 性比 (seihi): sex ratio 対比 (taihi): contrast, comparison 単比 (tanpi): simple ratio 等比 (tōhi): equal ratio 渡比 (tohi): migration to the Philippines 日比 (nichihi): Japan and the Philippines 訪比 (hōhi): visit to the Philippines 無比 (muhi): peerless, unparalleled 類比 (ruihi): analogy 反比 (hanpi): inverse ratio 腕比べ (udekurabe): contest 背比べ (seikurabe): comparing heights 丈比べ (takekurabe): comparison of statures に比べ (ni kurabe): compared to 根比べ (konkurabe): endurance contest 力比べ (chikarakurabe): contest of strength と比べて (to kurabete): compared with 見比べる (mikuraberu): compare with the eye 恵比寿, 恵比須 (ebisu): Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce 恵比須講, 恵比寿講 (ebisukō): festival in honor of Ebisu 甲比丹 (kapitan): captain

金比羅 (konpira): Kumbhira, guardian deity of seafaring 逆比例 (gyakuhirei): inverse proportion to 正比例 (seihirei): direct proportion 単比例 (tanpirei): simple proportion 定比例 (teihirei): fixed proportion 反比例 (hanpirei): inverse proportion 複比例 (fukuhirei): compound proportion 恵比寿顔 (ebisugao): smiling face 恵比須草 (ebisugusa): sicklepod 間隙比 (kangekihi): void ratio 空燃比 (kūnenhi): fuel-air ratio 口径比 (kōkeihi): aperture ratio 構成比 (kōseihi): component ratio 三角比 (sankakuhi): trigonometric ratio 消光比 (shōkōhi): extinction ratio 縦横比 (jūōhi): aspect ratio 静圧比 (seiatsuhi): static pressure ratio 整数比 (seisūhi): the ratios of whole numbers 千分比 (senbunhi): rate per thousand 前年比 (zennenhi): year on year 相似比 (sōjihi): homothetic ratio 男女比 (danjohi): sex ratio 当社比 (tōshahi): compared to one's company's products 百分比 (hyakubunhi): percentage 揚抗比 (yōkōhi): lift-drag ratio 容積比 (yōsekihi): volume ratio 駆け比べ (kakekurabe): race 亜剌比亜 (arabia): Arabia 翁恵比須 (okinaebisu): Beyrich's slit shell 直間比率 (chokkan-hiritsu): ratio of direct to indirect taxes セル損失比 (ceru sonshitsuhi): cell loss ratio 過圧密比 (kaatsumitsuhi): overconsolidation ratio 対前年比 (taizennenhi): relative change from last year 信号雑音比 (shingō-zatsuonhi): signal-to-noise ratio

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Korean

Hanja

比 (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune-Reischauer pi, Yale pi)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

• audio

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Hanzi

比 (pinyin bǐ (bi3), bì (bi4), pí (pi2), pǐ (pi3), Wade-Giles pi³, pi⁴, p'i², p'i³)

1. 耶和华神对蛇说，你既作了这事，就必受咒诅，比一切的牲畜野兽更甚。你必用肚子行走，终身吃土。

   Yēhéhuá shén duì shé shuō , nǐ jì zuò le zhè shì , jiù bì shòu zhòuzǔ , bǐ yīqiè de shēngchù yĕshòu gèng shén . nǐ bì yòng dùzi xíng zǒu , zhōng shēn chī tǔ .

   And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Compounds

• 比較

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Vietnamese

Han character

比 (bỉ, tỉ, tị, tí)