臂

Translingual

Han character

臂 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 尸十月 (SJB), four-corner 7022₇, composition ⿱辟月)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 996, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29944
• Dae Jaweon: page 1447, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2119, character 8
• Unihan data for U+81C2

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Chinese

trad.		臂
simp. #		臂

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嬖	*peːɡs
薜	*beːɡs, *preːɡ
鐾	*beːɡs
臂	*peɡs
譬	*pʰeɡs
避	*beɡs
檗	*preːɡ
擘	*preːɡ
糪	*preːɡ, *pʰreːɡ
掰	*preːɡ
繴	*breːɡ, *peːɡ
辟	*peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ
璧	*peɡ
鐴	*peɡ
躄	*peɡ
襞	*peɡ
僻	*pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ
癖	*pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ
廦	*pʰeɡ, *peːɡ
擗	*beɡ
躃	*beɡ
闢	*beɡ
壁	*peːɡ
鼊	*peːɡ
霹	*pʰeːɡ
劈	*pʰeːɡ
澼	*pʰeːɡ
憵	*pʰeːɡ
甓	*beːɡ
鷿	*beːɡ
幦	*mbeːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì, bèi, bei (bi⁴, bei⁴, bei⁵／bei⁰)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ, ㄅㄟˋ, ˙ㄅㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei³
• Northern Min (KCR): bĭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, vernacular)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴
    • Yale: bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèi
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴
    • Yale: bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bey
    • Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bei
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄅㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: be̊i
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁵
    • Yale: bei
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .bei
    • Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /b̥eɪ̯/

Note: bei - only used in 胳臂 (gēbei).

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bei³
    • Yale: bei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²⁴/
• 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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 臂
Mandarin	Beijing	/pi⁵¹/ /pei⁵¹/
	Harbin	/pei⁵³/ /pi⁵³/
	Tianjin	/pʰei⁵³/ /pi⁵³/
	Jinan	/pi²¹/ /pei²¹/
	Qingdao	/pe⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/pi³¹²/
	Xi'an	/pi²¹/
	Xining	/pji⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/pi¹³/
	Lanzhou	/pi¹³/
	Ürümqi	/pei²¹³/
	Wuhan	/pei³⁵/
	Chengdu	/pei¹³/
	Guiyang	/pei²¹³/
	Kunming	/pei²¹²/
	Nanjing	/pi⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/pe⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/pei⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/pi³⁵/
	Hohhot	/piəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/piɪʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/pi⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/pi⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/pi²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/pi³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/pi⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/pei⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/pi²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/pi³¹/
	Taoyuan	/pi³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/pei³³/
	Nanning	/pi³³/
	Hong Kong	/pei³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/pi²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/piɛ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/pi²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/pi²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ʔbek̚⁵/ ～膊 /ʔbia⁵⁵/ ～章

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• Middle Chinese: pjieH

Rime
Character	臂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	卑義切
Baxter	pjieH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piᴇH/
Pan Wuyun	/piɛH/
Shao Rongfen	/pjɛH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piə̆H/
Li Rong	/pieH/
Wang Li	/pǐeH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pie̯H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pek-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*peɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	臂
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bì
Middle Chinese	‹ pjieH ›
Old Chinese	/*pek-s/
English	arm
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	臂
Reading #	1/1
No.	665
Phonetic component	辟
Rime group	賜
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	臂
Old Chinese	/*peɡs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 臂

1. (anatomy) arm

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Japanese

Kanji

臂

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: ひじ (hiji, 臂)

Kanji in this term
臂
ひじ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Noun

臂(ひじ) • (hiji) ^{←ひぢ (fidi)?}

1. Alternative spelling of 肘

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Korean

Hanja

臂 (eumhun 팔 비 (pal bi))

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Compounds

• 肩臂 (견비, gyunbi)
• 臂膊 (비박, bibak)
• 臂環 (비환, bihwan)
• 伸臂 (신비, shinbi)
• 臂不外曲 (비불외곡, bibulwegok)
• 臂力 (비력, biryeok)
• 奮臂 (분비, bunbi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 臂 (tý, tí)

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