伾

伾 U+4F3E, 伾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F3E ← 伽 [U+4F3D] CJK Unified Ideographs 伿 → [U+4F3F]

Translingual

Han character

伾 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人一火一 (OMFM) or 難人一火一 (XOMFM), four-corner 2121₉, composition ⿰亻丕)

1. mighty

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 97, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 487
• Dae Jaweon: page 206, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 131, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4F3E

Chinese

trad.		伾
simp. #		伾

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 伾
Small seal script s05720
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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pī (pi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei¹

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: phij

Rime
Character	伾
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

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰrɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	伾
Reading #	1/1
No.	1008
Phonetic component	不
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	丕
Old Chinese	/*pʰrɯ/

Definitions

伾

1. Only used in 伾伾 (“powerful”).

Japanese

Kanji

伾

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi)、び (bi)、はい (hai)、へ (he)
• Kun: おおいさま (ooisama)

Korean

Hanja

伾 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi)

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