被

Translingual

Han character

被 (radical 145 衣+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中木竹水 (LDHE), four-corner 3424₇)

1. passive indicator 'by'
2. bedding

References

• KangXi: page 1115, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34222
• Dae Jaweon: page 1580, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3085, character 11
• Unihan data for U+88AB

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Cantonese

Hanzi

被 (Yale bei6)

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Japanese

Kanji

被 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ひ (hi)
• Kun: こうむる (被る, koumuru), おおう (被う, oou), きる (kiru)

Compounds

• 被害
• 被害者

Prefix

被 (hiragana ひ, romaji hi-)

1. -ee (as in employee)

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Korean

Hanja

被 (hangeul 피, revised pi, McCune-Reischauer p'i, Yale phi)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

被 (pinyin bèi (bei4), Wade-Giles pei⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

被 (bị, bệ, bỡ, bự, bợ)