蓓

Translingual

Han character

蓓 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿人卜口 (TOYR), four-corner 4426₁, composition ⿱艹倍)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1051, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31663
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3265, character 6
• Unihan data for U+84D3

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Chinese

trad.		蓓
simp. #		蓓

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蓓	*bɯːʔ, *bɯːʔ
倍	*bɯːʔ
菩	*bɯːʔ, *bɯʔ, *bɯː, *bɯːɡ
掊	*bruː, *poːʔ, *bɯ, *bɯ
剖	*pʰoːʔ, *pʰoʔ
婄	*pʰɯʔ, *bɯʔ, *bɯː
踣	*pʰɯs, *bɯːɡ
箁	*bɯ
咅	*pʰɯʔ, *pʰl'oːs
部	*boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ
培	*boːʔ, *bɯː
犃	*boːʔ
瓿	*boːʔ, *bɯ, *bo
殕	*pɯʔ, *pʰoʔ, *qɯːɡ
醅	*pʰɯ, *pʰɯː
棓	*bɯ, *broːŋʔ, *bɯː
涪	*bɯ
賠	*bɯː
陪	*bɯː
毰	*bɯː
焙	*bɯːs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèi (bei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pui⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèi
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴
    • Yale: bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bey
    • Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pui⁵
    • Yale: púih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pui⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: pui⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōe
    • Tâi-lô: puē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poe
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bojX

Rime
Character	蓓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	薄亥切
Baxter	bojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/bəiX/
Shao Rongfen	/bɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bəjX/
Li Rong	/bᴀiX/
Wang Li	/bɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	boi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蓓	蓓
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9836	9870
Phonetic component	咅	咅
Rime group	之	代
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	倍
Old Chinese	/*bɯːʔ/	/*bɯːʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蓓

1. Only used in 蓓蕾 (bèilěi, “flower bud”).

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Japanese

Kanji

蓓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): はい (hai), ばい (bai)
• Kun: つぼみ (tsubomi)

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Korean

Hanja

蓓 • (bae) (hangeul 배, revised bae, McCune–Reischauer pae, Yale pay)

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