贔

See also: 赑

Translingual

Han character

贔 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+14, 21 strokes, cangjie input 月金月金金 (BCBCC), four-corner 6088₆, composition ⿱貝⿰貝貝)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1213, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36963
• Dae Jaweon: page 1679, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3660, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8D14

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Chinese

trad.		贔
simp.		赑

Glyph origin

Triplication of 貝 (“shell”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ / bai³

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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 / bai³
    • Yale: beih / bai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ / bai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ / bei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²²/, /pɐi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: bijH

Rime
Character	贔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	平祕切
Baxter	bijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/biɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bjiH/
Li Rong	/bjiH/
Wang Li	/biH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*briɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	贔
Reading #	1/1
No.	703
Phonetic component	贔
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	備
Old Chinese	/*briɡ/
Notes	見張衡賦

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 贔

1. Used in 贔屭／赑屃 (bìxì); also used as its short form.
2. ^† huge; strong; fierce
3. ^† angry; resentful

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Japanese

Kanji

贔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: び (bi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kan’yō-on: ひい (hī)
• Kun: いかる (ikaru)

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Korean

Hanja

贔 (eum 비 (bi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

贔: Hán Nôm readings: bí

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