蓖

See also: 芘

Translingual

Han character

蓖 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹田心 (THWP) or 難廿竹田心 (XTHWP), four-corner 4471₁, composition ⿱艹𣬉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1052, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31626
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3265, character 11
• Unihan data for U+84D6

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Chinese

trad.		蓖
simp. #		蓖
alternative forms		芘 second round simplified

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pi / pè

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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: bei⁶
    • Yale: beih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi
    • Tâi-lô: pi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: py
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pè
    • Tâi-lô: pè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: pej

Rime
Character	蓖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	邊兮切
Baxter	pej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pei/
Pan Wuyun	/pei/
Shao Rongfen	/pɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɛj/
Li Rong	/pei/
Wang Li	/piei/
Bernard Karlgren	/piei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*piː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蓖
Reading #	1/1
No.	497
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	豍
Old Chinese	/*piː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蓖

1. Only used in 蓖麻 (bìmá, “castor oil plant”).

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Japanese

Kanji

蓖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi), へい (hei)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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