阰

Translingual

Han character

阰 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 弓中心心 (NLPP), four-corner 7121₀, composition ⿰阝比)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1346, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41571
• Dae Jaweon: page 1848, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4117, character 2
• Unihan data for U+9630

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Chinese

trad.		阰
simp. #		阰

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
梐	*piː, *biːʔ
狴	*piː
悂	*piː, *pʰi
螕	*piː
鎞	*piː
蓖	*piː
篦	*piː, *bis
批	*pʰiː
砒	*pʰiː
鈚	*pʰiː, *bi
磇	*pʰiː
媲	*pʰiːs
笓	*biː
膍	*biː, *bi
陛	*biːʔ
仳	*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *bi, *briʔ
吡	*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *biɡ
紕	*be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ
比	*piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ
妣	*piʔ, *pis
秕	*piʔ
沘	*piʔ, *bi
枇	*piʔ, *bi, *bis
粊	*pris
庇	*pis
屁	*pʰis
琵	*bi
毗	*bi
貔	*bi
豼	*bi
蚍	*bi
芘	*bi, *bis
肶	*bi
魮	*bi
阰	*bi
坒	*bis, *biɡ
玭	*bin

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pí (pi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴

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

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• Middle Chinese: bjij

Rime
Character	阰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	房脂切
Baxter	bjij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/bi/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bi/
Li Rong	/bi/
Wang Li	/bi/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bi/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	阰
Reading #	1/1
No.	539
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𣬈
Old Chinese	/*bi/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 阰

1. ^† name of a mountain in the kingdom of Chu