鉍

See also: 铋

鉍 U+924D, 鉍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-924D ← 鉌 [U+924C] CJK Unified Ideographs 鉎 → [U+924E]

Translingual

Han character

鉍 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金心竹 (CPH), four-corner 8310₀, composition ⿰釒必)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1301, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40295
• Dae Jaweon: page 1803, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4191, character 5
• Unihan data for U+924D

Chinese

trad.		鉍
simp.		铋

Chemical element
Bi
Previous: 鉛／铅 (qiān) (Pb)
Next: 釙／钋 (pō) (Po)

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
泌	*mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ
秘	*mpriɡs
毖	*priɡs
閟	*priɡs
柲	*priɡs, *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
鉍	*priɡs, *priɡ
邲	*priɡs, *bliɡ, *briɡ
覕	*pliŋs, *mbliːɡ
咇	*bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
苾	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
馝	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
飶	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
鴓	*mbliːɡ
鮅	*pliɡ, *bliɡ
必	*pliɡ
珌	*pliɡ
佖	*bliɡ, *briɡ
駜	*bliɡ, *briɡ
怭	*bliɡ
妼	*bliɡ
宓	*mriɡ, *mliɡ
樒	*mriɡ
密	*mriɡ
蔤	*mriɡ
滵	*mriɡ
蜜	*mliɡ
謐	*mliɡ
榓	*mliɡ
淧	*mliɡ
瑟	*smriɡ, *smriɡ
璱	*sriɡ
飋	*sriɡ
虙	*blɯɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷piq

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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: bit¹
    • Yale: bīt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷piq
    • MiniDict: pih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴piq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /piɪʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pijH, pit

Rime
Character	鉍	鉍
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	眞 (49)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	兵媚切	鄙密切
Baxter	pijH	pit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪH/	/pˠiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiH/	/pᵚit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/piɪH/	/piet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiH/	/pjit̚/
Li Rong	/pjiH/	/pjĕt̚/
Wang Li	/piH/	/pĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/piH/	/pi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì	bi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei3	bat1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*priɡs/, /*priɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鉍	鉍
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	557	570
Phonetic component	必	必
Rime group	至	質
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	祕	筆
Old Chinese	/*priɡs/	/*priɡ/
Notes	同柲	同柲

Definitions

鉍

1. (chemistry) bismuth

Japanese

Kanji

鉍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ひち (hichi)
• Kan-on: ひつ (hitsu)
• Kan’yō-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: ビスマス (bisumasu, 鉍)