陛

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)

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

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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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bai⁶

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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/

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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/
Bernard 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

(deprecated template usage) 陛

1. (literary) flight of steps; (specifically) steps leading to a throne

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Japanese

Kanji

陛

(grade 6 “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)

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Korean

Hanja

陛 • (pye)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 폐 (revised: pye, McCune–Reischauer: p'ye, Yale: phyey)
  • Name (hangeul): 섬돌 대궐 섬돌(집채의 앞뒤에 오르내릴 수 있게 놓은 돌층계)
    

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 陛 (bệ)

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