丕

See also: 조

丕 U+4E15, 丕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E15 ← 且 [U+4E14] CJK Unified Ideographs 世 → [U+4E16]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

丕 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一火一 (MFM), four-corner 1010₉, composition ⿱不一)

Derived characters

• 伾, 呸, 坯, 㚰, 岯, 𢓖, 怌, 抷, 𣳎, 狉, 𨸹, 𣆏, 胚, 柸, 𤇨, 𤘹, 㺽, 𥅊, 𥑜, 𥘻, 秠, 𥹂, 䋔(𫄞), 蚽, 𣌹, 𠃂, 𫌶, 豾, 𨠙, 鉟, 𨸿, 𩎜, 𩚼, 駓(𬳵), 魾, 𪀇, 噽, 邳, 𣬾, 𣓺, 䪹, 䲹, 苤, 𤵛, 𨴈, 𩈓, 髬, 𪢩, 𨲐, 𩓭, 𩔌

Further reading

Wikisource

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 77, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30
• Dae Jaweon: page 155, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 15, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4E15

Chinese

trad.		丕
simp. #		丕
alternative forms		㔻 㶨 𠦓 ⿱不于

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丕
Bronze inscriptions b00106 Small seal script s00005 Transcribed ancient scripts L04220 L04221 L04222 L04223
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (不) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
肧	*pʰlɯː, *pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː
俖	*pʰɯːʔ
娝	*prɯʔ
痞	*prɯʔ, *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ
丕	*pʰrɯ
伾	*pʰrɯ
秠	*pʰrɯ, *pʰrɯʔ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ
駓	*pʰrɯ
怌	*pʰrɯ
豾	*pʰrɯ
髬	*pʰrɯ
魾	*pʰrɯ, *brɯ
鉟	*pʰrɯ, *brɯ
嚭	*pʰrɯʔ
邳	*brɯ
岯	*brɯ
否	*brɯʔ, *pɯʔ
抔	*bɯ, *pʰlɯː
不	*pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ'
紑	*pɯ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ
鴀	*pɯ, *pɯʔ
衃	*pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː
罘	*bɯ
芣	*bɯ
杯	*plɯː
盃	*plɯː
桮	*pɯː
坯	*pʰɯː
胚	*pʰɯː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰrɯ) : phonetic 不 (OC *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ') + semantic 一

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pī (pi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pī
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹
    • Yale: pī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei¹
    • Yale: pēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phi
    • Tâi-lô: phi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: phij

Rime
Character	丕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	敷悲切
Baxter	phij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰji/
Li Rong	/pʰji/
Wang Li	/pʰi/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰrə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰrɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	丕
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pī
Middle Chinese	‹ phij ›
Old Chinese	/*pʰrə/
English	great
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	丕
Reading #	1/1
No.	1007
Phonetic component	不
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	丕
Old Chinese	/*pʰrɯ/
Notes	不的轉註字

Definitions

丕

1. large; grand

   • 天下之壯觀，王者之丕業。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     天下之壮观，王者之丕业。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Tiānxià zhī zhuàngguān, wángzhě zhī pī yè. [Pinyin]

     Splendor of all under Heaven, great achievement of kings

2. to act on; to follow
3. A particle.
4. a surname

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bù (bu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bù
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴
    • Yale: bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buh
    • Palladius: бу (bu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹/

Definitions

丕

1. ^† Alternative form of 不
2. Used in 可丕丕 (“heart beating”).

Compounds

• 丕丕
• 丕基
• 丕林島／丕林岛
• 丕業／丕业
• 丕烈
• 丕績／丕绩
• 丕變／丕变 (pībiàn)
• 丕靈／丕灵
• 丕顯／丕显 (pīxiǎn)
• 春丕峽／春丕峡
• 氣丕丕／气丕丕

 

Japanese

Kanji

丕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. large; grand

Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: おおきい (ōkii, 丕きい)^{←おほきい (ofokii, 丕きい, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

丕 (eumhun 클 비 (keul bi))

1. Hanja form^? of 비 (“large; grand”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 비자 (丕子, bija)

Vietnamese

Han character

丕: Hán Việt readings: phi (鋪(phô)悲(bi)切(thiết))
丕: Nôm readings: vầy, vậy, phỉ, bậy, phơi, chăng, chẳng, phi

1. chữ Hán form of phi (“large; grand”).
2. Nôm form of vầy (“such; like this”).
3. Nôm form of vậy (“so; thus”).