弼

See also: 弻

Translingual

Han character

弼 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 弓一日弓 (NMAN), four-corner 1722₇, composition ⿲弓百弓)

Derived characters

• 𫓎, 𩅭

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 360, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9826
• Dae Jaweon: page 677, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 999, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5F3C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		弼
alternative forms		弻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 弼
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pi̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴
    • Yale: bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bat⁶
    • Yale: baht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi̍t
    • Tâi-lô: pi̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: bit

Rime
Character	弼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	質 (49)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	房密切
Baxter	bit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/biet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bjit̚/
Li Rong	/bjĕt̚/
Wang Li	/bĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*brɯd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	弼
Reading #	1/1
No.	661
Phonetic component	弼
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	弼
Old Chinese	/*brɯd/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 弼

1. (literary) to aid; to assist; to help
2. ^† assistant
3. ^† tool for rectifying crossbow
4. ^† to go against; to run counter to

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Japanese

Kanji

弼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひつ (hitsu)
• Kun: たすける (tasukeru, 弼ける); ゆだめ (yudame); すけ (suke)

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Korean

Hanja

弼 • (pil) (hangeul 필, revised pil, McCune–Reischauer p'il, Yale phil)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 弼 (bặt, bậc, bật, bằn)

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