毖

Translingual

Han character

毖 (Kangxi radical 81, 比+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 心心心竹 (PPPH), four-corner 2133₁, composition ⿱比必)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 591, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16750
• Dae Jaweon: page 983, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1418, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6BD6

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Chinese

trad.		毖
simp. #		毖

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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pì

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì
    • Tâi-lô: pì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: pijH

Rime
Character	毖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	兵媚切
Baxter	pijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/piɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiH/
Li Rong	/pjiH/
Wang Li	/piH/
Bernard Karlgren	/piH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pri[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*priɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	毖
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bì
Middle Chinese	‹ pijH ›
Old Chinese	/*pri[t]-s/
English	cautious
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	毖
Reading #	1/1
No.	554
Phonetic component	必
Rime group	至
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	祕
Old Chinese	/*priɡs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 毖

1. (literary) to be cautious; to guard against
2. ^† to instruct; to inform
3. ^† to reward with food and drink
4. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 泌 (bì, “gushing; flowing (of spring water)”).

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Japanese

Kanji

毖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi)
• Kun: つつしむ (tsutsushimu)

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Korean

Hanja

毖 (eum 비 (bi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

毖: Hán Nôm readings: bí

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References

• Nom Foundation