牌

Translingual

Han character

牌 (Kangxi radical 91, 片+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中中竹竹十 (LLHHJ), four-corner 2604₀, composition ⿰片卑)

Derived characters

• 簰

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 693, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19854
• Dae Jaweon: page 1106, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2016, character 28
• Unihan data for U+724C

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Chinese

trad.		牌
simp. #		牌

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
捭	*preːʔ
牌	*breː, *breː
郫	*breː, *bre, *be
蠯	*breː, *be, *breːŋʔ
猈	*breːʔ, *breː
稗	*breːs
粺	*breːs
𥱼	*breː
豍	*peː
箄	*peː, *pe, *peʔ
錍	*pʰeː, *pe
睥	*pʰeːs
渒	*pʰeːs, *pe
鼙	*beː
鞞	*beː, *pe, *peʔ, *peːŋʔ
椑	*beː, *pe, *beɡ, *beːɡ
崥	*beː, *peʔ
髀	*beːʔ, *peʔ, *piʔ
卑	*pe
鵯	*pe, *pʰiɡ
裨	*pe, *be
痺	*pe
碑	*pre
婢	*peʔ, *beʔ
諀	*pʰeʔ
脾	*be
埤	*be
陴	*be
蜱	*be, *mbew
焷	*be
螷	*be, *breːŋʔ
庳	*beʔ
琕	*biːŋ
萆	*beɡ, *slɯʔ
綼	*biɡ, *peːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *breː, *breː) : semantic 片 + phonetic 卑 (OC *pe).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 牌

1. board; plate
2. ^† census plate
3. signboard; placard; sign; tablet
4. brand; trademark
5. ^† nameplate
6. ^† Name of a type of historical documents delivered to the lower levels.
7. playing cards; cards; dominoes; mahjong; etc.

   打牌  ―  dǎpái  ―  to play cards

8. list (of prices)
9. shield
10. memorial (gateway or building)
11. pitch (style) of ancient Chinese poetry (ci) or music (qu)
12. manner; air; shape
13. (Southern Min) plaque; memorial tablet
14. (Jilu Mandarin) Classifier for card games. round

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (牌):

• → Japanese: 牌(はい) (hai)
• → Korean: 패(牌) (pae)
• → Vietnamese: bài (牌)

Others:

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

牌

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): はい (hai)
• Kun: ふだ (fuda, 牌)

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Korean

Hanja

牌 • (pae, bae) (hangeul 패, 배)

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Compounds

• 깡牌 (깡패)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 牌 (bài, bìa, bời)

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