陛

陛 U+965B, 陛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-965B ← 陚 [U+965A] CJK Unified Ideographs 陜 → [U+965C]

Translingual

Han character

陛 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 弓中心心土 (NLPPG), four-corner 7121₄, composition ⿰阝坒)

Derived characters

• 𠹯

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1351, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41654
• Dae Jaweon: page 1853, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4130, character 5
• Unihan data for U+965B

Chinese

trad.		陛
simp. #		陛

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *biːʔ): semantic 阝 + phonetic 坒 (OC *bis, *biɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pi
• Eastern Min (BUC): bê
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pē

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi⁶

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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: bai⁶
    • Yale: baih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pi
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pi⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛi²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pē
    • Tâi-lô: pē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pe
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pe⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pe²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pe³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bejX

Rime
Character	陛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	傍禮切
Baxter	bejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/beiX/
Pan Wuyun	/beiX/
Shao Rongfen	/bɛiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɛjX/
Li Rong	/beiX/
Wang Li	/bieiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱieiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*biːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	陛
Reading #	1/1
No.	506
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	陛
Old Chinese	/*biːʔ/

Definitions

陛

1. (archaic) flight of steps; (specifically) steps leading to the throne in a palace

   陛下  ―  bìxià  ―  Your Majesty

Compounds

• 丹陛 (dānbì)
• 堂陛
• 巖陛 / 岩陛
• 楓陛 / 枫陛
• 納陛 / 纳陛
• 螭陛
• 陛下 (bìxià)
• 陛兵
• 陛戟
• 陛楯
• 陛楯郎
• 陛者
• 陛衛 / 陛卫
• 陛見 / 陛见
• 陛賀 / 陛贺
• 陛辭 / 陛辞
• 陛陛
• 階陛 / 阶陛

Japanese

Kanji

陛

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. highness
2. steps of a throne

Readings

• Go-on: ばい (bai)
• Kan-on: へい (hei, Jōyō)
• Kun: きざはし (kizahashi, 陛)

References

• “^△陛”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

陛 (eumhun 섬돌 폐 (seomdol pye))

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Vietnamese

Han character

陛: Hán Nôm readings: bệ

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