辟

See also: 闢

Translingual

simpl.		辟
trad.		辟/闢

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 卩 + 口 + 辛 – a beheading (口 is the head), the law. Compare 県.

Exists as traditional character, but also Simplified from 闢 (elimination of 門)

Han character

辟 (radical 160 辛+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 尸口卜廿十 (SRYTJ), four-corner 7064₁, composition ⿰⿸尸口辛)

1. law, rule
2. open up, develop

Derived characters

• 璧, 薜, 避, 譬, 𪇊, 臂, 劈, 檗, 糪, 幦, 僻, 襞, 𨐨, 䢃, 廦, 闢, 擘, 嬖, 甓, 繴, 壁

References

• KangXi: page 1251, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38642
• Dae Jaweon: page 1730, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4037, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8F9F

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Chinese

simpl.		辟
trad.		辟/闢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pì (pi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹, pik¹
• Min Nan (POJ): phiah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: pì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: p'ih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bik¹, pik¹
    • Yale: bīk, pīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷, pik⁷
    • IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵/, /pʰɪk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiah
    • Tâi-lô: phiah
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiaʔ³²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (辟, reconstructed)
Character (辟), Pronunciation 1/3
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 昔 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 房益切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/biᴇk̚/	/bʱi̯ɛk̚/	/biɛk̚/	/biɛk̚/	/biajk̚/	/bĭɛk̚/	/biæk̚/
Character (辟), Pronunciation 2/3
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 昔 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 必益切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/piᴇk̚/	/pi̯ɛk̚/	/piɛk̚/	/piɛk̚/	/piajk̚/	/pĭɛk̚/	/piæk̚/
Character (辟), Pronunciation 3/3
Initial: 滂 (2) Final: 昔 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 芳辟切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pʰiᴇk̚/	/pʰi̯ɛk̚/	/pʰiɛk̚/	/pʰiɛk̚/	/pʰiajk̚/	/pʰĭɛk̚/	/pʰiæk̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (辟, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
辟								bì								‹ bek ›								/*[b]ˤek/								inner coffin
辟								bì								‹ bjiek ›								/*[N]-pek/								law, rule; lawful
辟								bì								‹ pjiek ›								/*pek/								ruler, prince
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
辟					675					辟					錫					0					辟					/*peɡ/
辟					682					辟					錫					0					僻					/*pʰeɡ/
辟					684					辟					錫					0					擗					/*beɡ/

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Japanese

Kanji

辟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: へき (heki), ひ (hi), び (bi)
• Kun: きみ (kimi), めす (mesu), ひらく (hiraku)

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Korean

Hanja

辟 (pi, byeok) (hangeul 피, 벽, revised pi, byeok, McCune-Reischauer p'i, pyŏk, Yale phi, pyek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

辟 (tịch, vếch, tích, bích, thịch)