鈹

See also: 𨨏 and 铍

Translingual

Han character

鈹 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金木竹水 (CDHE), four-corner 8414₇, composition ⿰金皮)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1300, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40272
• Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4192, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9239

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Chinese

trad.		鈹
simp.		铍

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
陂	*pral, *prals
詖	*pral, *prals
彼	*pralʔ
柀	*pralʔ
佊	*pralʔ, *prals
貱	*prals
跛	*prals, *paːlʔ
披	*pʰral, *pʰralʔ
鈹	*pʰral
帔	*pʰral, *pʰrals
鮍	*pʰral
耚	*pʰral
狓	*pʰral
翍	*pʰral
旇	*pʰral, *brals
秛	*pʰral, *pʰrals
紴	*pʰralʔ, *paːl
皮	*bral
疲	*bral
被	*bralʔ, *brals
髲	*brals
鞁	*brals
骳	*mbralʔ
波	*paːl
碆	*paːl, *baːl
菠	*paːl
簸	*paːlʔ, *paːls
駊	*paːlʔ, *pʰaːlʔ
頗	*pʰaːl, *pʰaːlʔ, *pʰaːls
坡	*pʰaːl
玻	*pʰaːl
破	*pʰaːls
婆	*baːl
蔢	*baːl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰral) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 皮.

Etymology 1

Chemical element
Be
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Next: 硼 (péng) (B)

From New Latin beryllium.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鈹

1. (chemistry) beryllium

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pī (pi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phi
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹phi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pī
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹
    • Yale: pī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pei¹
    • Yale: pēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phi
    • Tâi-lô: phi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹phi
    • MiniDict: phi^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹phi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰi⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: phje

Rime
Character	鈹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	敷羈切
Baxter	phje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰjiə̆/
Li Rong	/pʰje/
Wang Li	/pʰǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰral/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鈹
Reading #	1/1
No.	9699
Phonetic component	皮
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	鈹
Old Chinese	/*pʰral/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鈹

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) long stone needle used for acupuncture
2. a kind of double-edged sword
3. large single-edged sword
4. long spear

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Japanese

Kanji

鈹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. matte: the molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals

Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: かわ (kawa, 鈹)^{←かは (kafa, 鈹, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鈹
かわ Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Cognate with 皮 (kawa, “skin, rind”) and 革 (kawa, “leather”), from the way the matte may form a skin over the surface of the metal being smelted.

Noun

鈹(かわ) • (kawa) ^{←かは (kafa)?}

1. matte: the molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals

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Korean

Hanja

鈹 • (pi) (hangeul 피, McCune–Reischauer p'i, Yale phi)

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