柲

柲 U+67F2, 柲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-67F2 ← 柱 [U+67F1] CJK Unified Ideographs 柳 → [U+67F3]

Translingual

Han character

柲 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木心竹 (DPH), four-corner 4390₀, composition ⿰木必)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 521, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14661
• Dae Jaweon: page 909, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1189, character 4
• Unihan data for U+67F2

Chinese

simp. and trad.		柲

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
泌	*mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ
秘	*mpriɡs
毖	*priɡs
閟	*priɡs
柲	*priɡs, *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
鉍	*priɡs, *priɡ
邲	*priɡs, *bliɡ, *briɡ
覕	*pliŋs, *mbliːɡ
咇	*bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
苾	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
馝	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
飶	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
鴓	*mbliːɡ
鮅	*pliɡ, *bliɡ
必	*pliɡ
珌	*pliɡ
佖	*bliɡ, *briɡ
駜	*bliɡ, *briɡ
怭	*bliɡ
妼	*bliɡ
宓	*mriɡ, *mliɡ
樒	*mriɡ
密	*mriɡ
蔤	*mriɡ
滵	*mriɡ
蜜	*mliɡ
謐	*mliɡ
榓	*mliɡ
淧	*mliɡ
瑟	*smriɡ, *smriɡ
璱	*sriɡ
飋	*sriɡ
虙	*blɯɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei³

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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: bei³
    • Yale: bei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: pijH, bjit, pit, bet

Rime
Character	柲	柲	柲	柲
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	並 (3)	幫 (1)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	眞 (48)	眞 (49)	先 (87)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	IV
Fanqie	兵媚切	毗必切	鄙密切	蒲結切
Baxter	pijH	bjit	pit	bet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪH/	/biɪt̚/	/pˠiɪt̚/	/bet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiH/	/bit̚/	/pᵚit̚/	/bet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/piɪH/	/bjet̚/	/piet̚/	/bɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiH/	/bit̚/	/pjit̚/	/bɛt̚/
Li Rong	/pjiH/	/biĕt̚/	/pjĕt̚/	/bet̚/
Wang Li	/piH/	/bĭĕt̚/	/pĭĕt̚/	/biet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/piH/	/bʱi̯ĕt̚/	/pi̯ĕt̚/	/bʱiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì	bí	bi	bié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei3	bat6	bat1	bit6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pri[t]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*priɡs/, /*bliːɡ/, /*priɡ/, /*bliɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	柲
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bì
Middle Chinese	‹ pit ›
Old Chinese	/*pri[t]/
English	shaft, handle (of a weapon)
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	柲	柲	柲	柲
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
No.	556	564	571	575
Phonetic component	必	必	必	必
Rime group	至	質	質	質
Rime subdivision	2	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	祕	蹩	筆	邲
Old Chinese	/*priɡs/	/*bliːɡ/	/*priɡ/	/*bliɡ/

Definitions

柲

1. (literary) weapon handle made of bamboo strips

Japanese

Kanji

柲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi); ひつ (hitsu); びち (bichi)
• Kun: にぎり (nigiri)