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U+724C, 牌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-724C

[U+724B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+724D]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 91, +8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中中竹竹十 (LLHHJ), four-corner 26040, composition )

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 693, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19854
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1106, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2016, character 28
  • Unihan data for U+724C

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin[edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *breː, *breː) : semantic + phonetic (OC *pe).

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (3) (3)
Final () (31) (33)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II II
Fanqie
Baxter bea beaj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bˠɛ/ /bˠɛi/
Pan
Wuyun
/bᵚæ/ /bᵚæi/
Shao
Rongfen
/bæi/ /bɐi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/baɨj/ /bəɨj/
Li
Rong
/bɛ/ /bɛi/
Wang
Li
/bai/ /bɐi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱai/ /bʱăi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
pái pái
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
paai4 paai4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 349 355
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*breː/ /*breː/

Definitions[edit]

  1. board; plate
  2. census plate
  3. signboard; placard; sign; tablet
  4. brand; trademark
    椰樹椰树  ―  Yēshù pái  ―  “Coconut Palm” brand
  5. nameplate
  6. Name of a type of historical documents delivered to the lower levels.
  7. (card games, mahjong, dominoes) playing cards; cards; dominoes; mahjong; etc. (Classifier: m c;  c)
      ―  pái  ―  to play cards
      ―  pái  ―  to shuffle cards
    [MSC, trad.]
    [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ jiù shèng yī zhāng pái le! [Pinyin]
    I have only one card left!
  8. (figurative) card (a resource or an argument, used to achieve a purpose)
    中方警告印度不要西藏」。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Zhōngfāng jǐnggào Yìndù bùyào dǎ “Xīcáng pái”. [Pinyin]
    China warns India not to play the “Tibet card”.
  9. (Hong Kong) licence (Classifier: c)
    [Cantonese]  ―  mou4 paai4 [Jyutping]  ―  unlicensed
    [Cantonese]  ―  haau2 paai4 [Jyutping]  ―  to take a test for a licence
  10. list (of prices)
  11. shield
  12. memorial (gateway or building)
  13. pitch (style) of ancient Chinese poetry (ci) or music (qu)
  14. manner; air; shape
  15. (Cantonese) medal
    𫽋 [Cantonese]  ―  lo2 paai4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to win a medal
  16. (Southern Min) plaque; memorial tablet
  17. (Jilu Mandarin) Classifier for card games: round
  18. a surname: Pai

Synonyms[edit]

  • (brand):

Compounds[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (はい) (hai)
  • Korean: 패(牌) (pae)
  • Vietnamese: bài ()

Others:

  • Burmese: ဖဲ (hpai:, playing cards; game of cards)
  • Khmer: បៀ (biə, playing cards)
  • Lao: ໄພ້ (phai, playing cards)
  • Lü: ᦘᦻᧉ (phaay², playing cards)
  • Shan: ၽၢႆႉ (phâ̰ai, domino, playing cards)
  • Thai: ไพ่ (pâi, playing cards)
  • White Hmong: phaib (playing cards)
  • Zhuang: bej (playing cards)

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. a small, written slip of paper: ticket, receipt, label, etc.
  2. sign, placard
  3. playing card, mahjong tile
  4. shield, buckler

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Chinese (MC bea|beaj).

Hanja[edit]

(eumhun (pae pae))

  1. Hanja form? of (tablet).

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: bài, bìa, bời

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