毗

See also: 毘

Translingual

Han character

毗 (Kangxi radical 81, 比+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 田心心 (WPP), four-corner 6101₀, composition ⿰田比)

1. help, assist
2. connect, adjoin

Synonyms

• 毘

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 591, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16752
• Dae Jaweon: page 983, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1417, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6BD7

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Chinese

trad.		毗
simp. #		毗
alternative forms		毘／毗

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
梐	*piː, *biːʔ
狴	*piː
悂	*piː, *pʰi
螕	*piː
鎞	*piː
蓖	*piː
篦	*piː, *bis
批	*pʰiː
砒	*pʰiː
鈚	*pʰiː, *bi
磇	*pʰiː
媲	*pʰiːs
笓	*biː
膍	*biː, *bi
陛	*biːʔ
仳	*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *bi, *briʔ
吡	*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *biɡ
紕	*be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ
比	*piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ
妣	*piʔ, *pis
秕	*piʔ
沘	*piʔ, *bi
枇	*piʔ, *bi, *bis
粊	*pris
庇	*pis
屁	*pʰis
琵	*bi
毗	*bi
貔	*bi
豼	*bi
蚍	*bi
芘	*bi, *bis
肶	*bi
魮	*bi
阰	*bi
坒	*bis, *biɡ
玭	*bin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bi) : semantic 囟 + phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pí (pi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ / bei²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pî / pí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pí
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²
    • Yale: pí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pei⁴ / bei²
    • Yale: pèih / béi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ / bei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ / béi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹/, /pei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî
    • Tâi-lô: pî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /pi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí
    • Tâi-lô: pí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: bjij

Rime
Character	毗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	房脂切
Baxter	bjij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/bi/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bi/
Li Rong	/bi/
Wang Li	/bi/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ij/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bi/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	毗
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pí
Middle Chinese	‹ bjij ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ij/
English	assist; boastful
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	毗
Reading #	1/1
No.	526
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𣬈
Old Chinese	/*bi/
Notes	右囟隸化變田

Definitions

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References

• “毗”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

毗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. help
2. assist
3. connect
4. adjoin

Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi); び (bi)
• Kun: たすける (tasukeru)

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Korean

Hanja

毗 (eum 비 (bi))

1. help, assist
2. connect, adjoin

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Vietnamese

Han character

毗: Hán Nôm readings: tì

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References

• Nom Foundation