拜

See also: 拝

Translingual

Han character

拜 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹手一手十 (HQMQJ), four-corner 2155₀, composition ⿰龵⿱一丰)

References

• 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		拜

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
拜	*proːds
湃	*pʰroːds

Etymology

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"bye"

Borrowed from English bye.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 拜

1. to do obeisance; to bow; to kowtow
2. to establish a relationship
3. (polite) Used before a verb to show respect.
4. (computing, informal) byte
5. (informal) bye; goodbye

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Japanese

Shinjitai	拝
Kyūjitai	拜

Kanji

拜

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 拝)

1. worship
2. adore
3. pray to

Readings

• Go-on: へ (he)
• Kan-on: はい (hai)
• Kun: おがむ (ogamu, 拜む)

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Korean

Hanja

拜 • (bae) (hangeul 배, revised bae, McCune–Reischauer pae, Yale pay)

1. do obeisance
2. bow
3. kowtow

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 拜 (bái, vái, bay, bây, phai, phải)

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