萆

See also: 蔽

Translingual

Han character

萆 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹田十 (THWJ), four-corner 4440₆, composition ⿱艹卑)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1040, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31255
• Dae Jaweon: page 1499, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3235, character 18
• Unihan data for U+8406

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Chinese

trad.		萆
simp. #		萆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹

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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: bei¹
    • Yale: bēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: siX, bjiek

Rime
Character	萆	萆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	胥里切	房益切
Baxter	siX	bjiek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨX/	/biᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sɨX/	/biɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sieX/	/biæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨX/	/biajk̚/
Li Rong	/siəX/	/biɛk̚/
Wang Li	/sĭəX/	/bĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/siX/	/bʱi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sǐ	bí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si2	bik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*beɡ/, /*slɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萆	萆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	403	10028
Phonetic component	卑	畁
Rime group	錫	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	擗	枲
Old Chinese	/*beɡ/	/*slɯʔ/
Notes		集韻從畁同枲， 餘校爲葈

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 萆

1. Used in names of some plants.
2. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 蔽 (bì, “to hide; to conceal”).
3. ^† straw raincoat

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Japanese

Kanji

萆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. the castor-oil plant (also used for other plants)

Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi), へい (hei), はつ (hatsu), ばち (bachi)

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Korean

Hanja

萆 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)

1. the castor-oil plant also used for other plants