鞞

鞞 U+979E, 鞞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-979E ← 鞝 [U+979D] CJK Unified Ideographs 鞟 → [U+979F]

Translingual

Han character

鞞 (Kangxi radical 177, 革+8, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿十竹田十 (TJHWJ), four-corner 4654₀, composition ⿰革卑)

Derived characters

• 𭌢

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1388, character 44
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42889
• Dae Jaweon: page 1903, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4339, character 11
• Unihan data for U+979E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		鞞

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐng (bing³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing² / bei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐng
    • Wade–Giles: ping³
    • Yale: bǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biing
    • Palladius: бин (bin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bing² / bei²
    • Yale: bíng / béi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing² / bei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing² / béi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ³⁵/, /pei̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pjeX, pengX

Rime
Character	鞞	鞞
Reading #	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	并弭切	補鼎切
Baxter	pjeX	pengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇX/	/peŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛX/	/peŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/piɛX/	/pɛŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiə̆X/	/pɛjŋX/
Li Rong	/pjeX/	/peŋX/
Wang Li	/pǐeX/	/pieŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pie̯X/	/pieŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐ	bǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei2	bing2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*peʔ/, /*peːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鞞	鞞
Reading #	3/4	4/4
No.	379	401
Phonetic component	卑	卑
Rime group	支	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	𢔌	鞞
Old Chinese	/*peʔ/	/*peːŋʔ/

Definitions

鞞

1. (literary) sheath; scabbard

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

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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/

Definitions

鞞

1. ^† Alternative form of 韠／𫖒 (bì)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pí (pi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: bej

Rime
Character	鞞
Reading #	2/4
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	部迷切
Baxter	bej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bei/
Pan Wuyun	/bei/
Shao Rongfen	/bɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɛj/
Li Rong	/bei/
Wang Li	/biei/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*beː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鞞
Reading #	1/4
No.	364
Phonetic component	卑
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鼙
Old Chinese	/*beː/
Notes	同鼙

Definitions

鞞

1. ^† Alternative form of 鼙 (pí)

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Pí (Pi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ

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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/

Definitions

鞞

1. ^† Alternative form of 郫 (pí)

Pronunciation 5

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēi (bei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bei
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹
    • Yale: bēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bei
    • Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pjie

Rime
Character	鞞
Reading #	1/4
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	府移切
Baxter	pjie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/piɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/pjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piə̆/
Li Rong	/pie/
Wang Li	/pǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/pie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pe/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鞞
Reading #	2/4
No.	373
Phonetic component	卑
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	卑
Old Chinese	/*pe/

Definitions

鞞

1. Only used in 牛鞞.

Compounds

• 漁陽鞞鼓／渔阳鞞鼓
• 鞞琫 (bǐngběng)
• 鞞舞

 

Japanese

Kanji

鞞

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. sheath

Readings

• On (unclassified): へい (hei)、ひょう (hyō)、ひ (hi)、び (bi)、ばい (bai)
• Kun: さや (saya)

Korean

Hanja

鞞 • (byeong) (hangeul 병, revised byeong, McCune–Reischauer pyŏng, Yale pyeng)

1. 칼집: sheath