壁

See also: 璧

Translingual

Han character

壁 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 尸十土 (SJG), four-corner 7010₄, composition ⿱辟土)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 240, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5516
• Dae Jaweon: page 479, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 494, character 8
• Unihan data for U+58C1

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		壁
alternative forms		坒 second round simplified

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嬖	*peːɡs
薜	*beːɡs, *preːɡ
鐾	*beːɡs
臂	*peɡs
譬	*pʰeɡs
避	*beɡs
檗	*preːɡ
擘	*preːɡ
糪	*preːɡ, *pʰreːɡ
掰	*preːɡ
繴	*breːɡ, *peːɡ
辟	*peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ
璧	*peɡ
鐴	*peɡ
躄	*peɡ
襞	*peɡ
僻	*pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ
癖	*pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ
廦	*pʰeɡ, *peːɡ
擗	*beɡ
躃	*beɡ
闢	*beɡ
壁	*peːɡ
鼊	*peːɡ
霹	*pʰeːɡ
劈	*pʰeːɡ
澼	*pʰeːɡ
憵	*pʰeːɡ
甓	*beːɡ
鷿	*beːɡ
幦	*mbeːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *peːɡ) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ) – an earthen wall.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 壁

1. wall; partition
   • 牆壁／墙壁  ―  qiángbì  ―  wall
2. rampart; defensive wall
   • 壁壘／壁垒  ―  bìlěi  ―  rampart; barrier
3. cliff; precipice
   • 峭壁  ―  qiàobì  ―  cliff; steep
4. something resembling a wall; lumen; surface
5. (astronomy) (～宿) Wall (Chinese constellation)

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

壁

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ひゃく (hyaku)
• Kan-on: へき (heki, Jōyō)
• Kun: かべ (kabe, 壁, Jōyō); とりで (toride)
• Nanori: かべ (kabe)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
壁
かべ Grade: S
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

壁(かべ) • (kabe) 

1. wall; barrier
   • 2011 May 14, “アクア・マドール [Aqua Madoll]”, in Beginner's Edition 1, Konami:

     水(みず)をあやつる魔(ま)法(ほう)使(つか)い。分(ぶ)厚(あつ)い水(みず)の壁(かべ)をつくり敵(てき)を押(お)しつぶす。

     Mizu o ayatsuru mahōtsukai. Buatsui mizu no kabe o tsukuri teki o oshitsubusu.

     A water-manipulating magician who crushes his enemies with his massive water walls.

Coordinate terms

• 床(ゆか) (yuka): floor
• 天井(てんじょう) (tenjō): ceiling

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Korean

Hanja

壁 • (byeok) (hangeul 벽, revised byeok, McCune–Reischauer pyŏk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 壁 (bích, bệch, bịch, vách)

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