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See also:
U+62DC, 拜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62DC

[U+62DB]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+62DD]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
9 strokes

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 64, +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹手一手十 (HQMQJ), four-corner 21550, composition )

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 427, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11969
  • Dae Jaweon: page 775, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1846, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+62DC

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin[edit]

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

Originally 𢱭. Ideogrammic compound (會意会意): (hand) + 𠦪 (herbs), a hand holding herbs as a gift. 𣬓 and 𢫶 are variant forms showing the hands at the bottom.

Etymology[edit]

"to bow"
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
"byte"
Borrowed from English byte.
"bye"
Borrowed from English bye.
"day of the week"
Shortened from 禮拜礼拜 (lǐbài, “day of the week”).

Pronunciation[edit]


Note: bái - only used in 拜拜 (báibái).
Note:
  • bái - literary;
  • buái - vernacular.
  • Min Nan
  • Wu

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    Mandarin Beijing /pai⁵¹/
    Harbin /pai⁵³/
    Tianjin /pai⁵³/
    Jinan /pɛ²¹/
    Qingdao /pɛ⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /pai³¹²/
    Xi'an /pai⁴⁴/
    Xining /pɛ²¹³/
    Yinchuan /pɛ¹³/
    Lanzhou /pɛ¹³/
    Ürümqi /pai²¹³/
    Wuhan /pai³⁵/
    Chengdu /pai¹³/
    Guiyang /pai²¹³/
    Kunming /pæ²¹²/
    Nanjing /pae⁴⁴/
    Hefei /pe̞⁵³/
    Jin Taiyuan /pai⁴⁵/
    Pingyao /pæ³⁵/
    Hohhot /pɛ⁵⁵/
    Wu Shanghai /pa³⁵/
    Suzhou /pɑ⁵¹³/
    Hangzhou /pe̞⁴⁴⁵/
    Wenzhou /pa⁴²/
    Hui Shexian /pa³²⁴/
    Tunxi /pa⁴²/
    Xiang Changsha /pai⁵⁵/
    Xiangtan /pai⁵⁵/
    Gan Nanchang /pai⁴⁵/
    Hakka Meixian /pai⁵³/
    Taoyuan /pɑi⁵⁵/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /pai³³/
    Nanning /pai³³/
    Hong Kong /pai³³/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /pai²¹/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /puɑi²¹²/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /pai³³/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /pai²¹³/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /ʔbai³⁵/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (1)
    Final () (33)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () II
    Fanqie
    Baxter peajH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /pˠɛiH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /pᵚæiH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /pɐiH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /pəɨjH/
    Li
    Rong
    /pɛiH/
    Wang
    Li
    /pɐiH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /păiH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    bài
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    baai3
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    bài
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ pɛjH ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*C.pˁro[t]-s/
    English bow, bend (v.)

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 222
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    3
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    𢷎
    Old
    Chinese
    /*proːds/

    Definitions[edit]

    1. to do obeisance; to bow; to kowtow
    2. to pray to; to worship
        ―  bàishén  ―  to pray to a deity
      祖先  ―  bài zǔxiān  ―  to pray to one's ancestors
    3. to establish a relationship
    4. (polite) Used before a verb to show respect.
    5. (computing, informal) byte
    6. (informal) bye; goodbye
    7. (Malaysia, Singapore, Hakka, Min) day of the week (when used with a number)
        ―  bài  ―  Monday

    Compounds[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Shinjitai

    Kyūjitai

    Kanji[edit]

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for nameskyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

    1. worship
    2. adore
    3. pray to

    Readings[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    (eumhun (jeol bae))

    1. Hanja form? of (do obeisance; bow; kowtow).
    2. Hanja form? of (worship).
    3. Hanja form? of (yours truly, yours faithfully (respectful term placed after one's own name at the end of a letter)).

    Compounds[edit]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    : Hán Nôm readings: bái, vái, bay, bây, phai, phải

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