仳

仳 U+4EF3, 仳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EF3 ← 仲 [U+4EF2] CJK Unified Ideographs 仴 → [U+4EF4]

Translingual

Han character

仳 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人心心 (OPP), four-corner 2121₀, composition ⿰亻比)

1. to separate, part company

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 94, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 404
• Dae Jaweon: page 200, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 121, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4EF3

Chinese

trad.		仳
simp. #		仳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 仳
Small seal script s05890
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 (比) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
梐	*piː, *biːʔ
狴	*piː
悂	*piː, *pʰi
螕	*piː
鎞	*piː
蓖	*piː
篦	*piː, *bis
批	*pʰiː
砒	*pʰiː
鈚	*pʰiː, *bi
磇	*pʰiː
媲	*pʰiːs
笓	*biː
膍	*biː, *bi
陛	*biːʔ
仳	*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *bi, *briʔ
吡	*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *biɡ
紕	*be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ
比	*piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ
妣	*piʔ, *pis
秕	*piʔ
沘	*piʔ, *bi
枇	*piʔ, *bi, *bis
粊	*pris
庇	*pis
屁	*pʰis
琵	*bi
毗	*bi
貔	*bi
豼	*bi
蚍	*bi
芘	*bi, *bis
肶	*bi
魮	*bi
阰	*bi
坒	*bis, *biɡ
玭	*bin

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǐ (pi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pí / pî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi³
    • Yale: pǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pii
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei²
    • Yale: péi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí / pî
    • Tâi-lô: pí / pî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pie, pii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁵³/, /pi²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴/, /pi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³/, /pi¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³/, /pi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹/, /pi²³/

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• Middle Chinese: phjieX, bijX

Rime
Character	仳	仳
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	匹婢切	符鄙切
Baxter	phjieX	bijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiᴇX/	/bˠiɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛX/	/bᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjɛX/	/biɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiə̆X/	/bjiX/
Li Rong	/pʰieX/	/bjiX/
Wang Li	/pʰǐeX/	/biX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰie̯X/	/bʱiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pǐ	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei2	bei6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰeʔ/, /*piʔ/, /*briʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仳	仳	仳
Reading #	1/4	2/4	4/4
No.	508	516	540
Phonetic component	比	比	比
Rime group	支	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	0	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	諀	匕	否
Old Chinese	/*pʰeʔ/	/*piʔ/	/*briʔ/
Notes		符鄙切注又方比切

Definitions

仳

1. (literary) to part; to leave each other
2. ^† to distinguish; to tell apart
3. ^† Alternative form of 比

Compounds

• 仳𠌯 (pǐlí)
• 仳別／仳别
• 仳脇／仳胁
• 仳離／仳离 (pǐlí)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pí (pi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pí
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²
    • Yale: pí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei⁴
    • Yale: pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bjij

Rime
Character	仳
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	房脂切
Baxter	bjij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/bi/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bi/
Li Rong	/bi/
Wang Li	/bi/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bi/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仳
Reading #	3/4
No.	536
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𣬈
Old Chinese	/*bi/

Definitions

仳

1. Only used in 仳倠.

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 63

Japanese

Kanji

仳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: び (bi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: わかれる (wakareru, 仳れる)

Korean

Hanja

仳 (eum 비 (bi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

仳: Hán Nôm readings: tị

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References

• Nom Foundation