裨

裨 U+88E8, 裨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-88E8 ← 裧 [U+88E7] CJK Unified Ideographs 裩 → [U+88E9]

Translingual

Han character

裨 (radical 145, 衣+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中竹田十 (LHWJ), four-corner 3624₀, composition ⿰衤卑)

References

• KangXi: page 1118, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34338
• Dae Jaweon: page 1584, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3099, character 2
• Unihan data for U+88E8

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		裨

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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Wade–Giles: pi4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei¹
    • Yale: bēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /piᴇ/

Rime
Character	裨
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	府移切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/piɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/pjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piə̆/
Li Rong	/pie/
Wang Li	/pǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/pie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bī

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pe/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	裨
Reading #	1/2
No.	372
Phonetic component	卑
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	卑
Old Chinese	/*pe/

Definitions

裨

1. to aid; to benefit; to help
2. (literary) to make up; to remedy; to supplement
3. (literary) to add to; to complement

Compounds

• 無裨於事／无裨于事
• 裨助

• 裨益 (bìyì)

• 裨補闕漏／裨补阙漏 (bìbǔquēlòu)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pí (pi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: pí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei⁴
    • Yale: pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /biᴇ/

Rime
Character	裨
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符支切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biə̆/
Li Rong	/bie/
Wang Li	/bǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*be/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	裨
Reading #	2/2
No.	387
Phonetic component	卑
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	陴
Old Chinese	/*be/

Definitions

裨

1. (literary) secondary; assistant; minor; small
2. (literary) second-class formal attire worn in sacrificial rites in ancient China
3. A surname​.

Compounds

• 偏裨
• 拐裨子

• 裨將／裨将 (píjiàng)
• 裨海

• 裨販／裨贩

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Japanese

Kanji

裨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. aid, help

Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi); び (bi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: おぎなう (oginau, 裨う)^{←おぎなふ (oginafu, historical)}; たすける (tasukeru, 裨ける); ます (masu, 裨)

Compounds

• 裨(ひ)益(えき) (hieki)
• 裨販(ひはん) (hihan)
• 裨補(ひほ) (hiho)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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