闢

See also: 辟

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 門 + semantic 辟

Han character

闢 (radical 169 門+13, 21 strokes, cangjie input 日弓尸口十 (ANSRJ), four-corner 7764₁)

Synonyms

• 開

References

• KangXi: page 1342, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41500
• Dae Jaweon: page 1847, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4320, character 12
• Unihan data for U+95E2

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Chinese

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trad.		闢
simp.		辟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pì (pi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹, pik¹

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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/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (闢, reconstructed)
Character (闢), Pronunciation 1/1
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/

Old Chinese pronunciation (闢, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
闢					687					辟					錫					0					擗					/*beɡ/

Definitions

闢

1. to open
2. to settle, develop, open up

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Japanese

Kanji

闢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: へき (heki), びゃく (byaku)
• Kun: ひらく (hiraku)

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Korean

Hanja

闢 (byeok) (hangeul 벽, revised byeok, McCune-Reischauer pyŏk, Yale pyek)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

闢 (Pinyin pì (pi4), Wade-Giles p'i⁴)

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