坯

See also: 壞

Translingual

Han character

坯 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土一火一 (GMFM), four-corner 4111₉, composition ⿰土丕)

1. dam, embankment
2. weir

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 226, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4984
• Dae Jaweon: page 462, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 430, character 1
• Unihan data for U+576F

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

trad.		坯
simp. #		坯
alternative forms		坏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pī, pēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ, ㄆㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pui¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phoe / pher / phe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pī
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹
    • Yale: pī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pei
    • Wade–Giles: pʻei¹
    • Yale: pēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pei
    • Palladius: пэй (pɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pui¹
    • Yale: pūi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pui¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoe
    • Tâi-lô: phue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pher
    • Tâi-lô: pher
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰə³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phe
    • Tâi-lô: phe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phef
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pʰe⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: phwoj

Rime
Character	坯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	芳杯切
Baxter	phwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰuʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰuoi/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰwəj/
Li Rong	/pʰuᴀi/
Wang Li	/pʰuɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pui1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	坯
Reading #	1/1
No.	1046
Phonetic component	不
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	肧
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 坯

1. unburnt pottery and bricks; base
2. abode
3. (figurative) unfinished or semifinished product
4. a hill

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 坯 – see 壞 (“bad; rotten; spoiled; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 壞).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 坯 – see 坏 (“unfired pottery and bricks; base; low hill; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 坏).

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Japanese

Kanji

坯

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi), はい (hai), へ (he)
• Kun: おか (oka)

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Korean

Hanja

坯 • (bae) (hangeul 배, revised bae, McCune–Reischauer pae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 坯 (phôi, phơ)

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References

• Nom Foundation