篦

篦 U+7BE6, 篦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7BE6 ← 篥 [U+7BE5] CJK Unified Ideographs 篧 → [U+7BE7]

Translingual

Han character

篦 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹田心 (HHWP), four-corner 8871₁, composition ⿱𥫗𣬉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 895, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26356
• Dae Jaweon: page 1322, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3002, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7BE6

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Chinese

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 *piː, *bis) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 𣬉 ().

Pronunciation 1

trad.		篦
simp. #		篦
2nd round simp.		芘

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bei⁶ / bei^6-2 / bai¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bei⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): pi⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bi⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): bi³
• Northern Min (KCR): bī
• Eastern Min (BUC): bê
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pì / pìn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi³ / bing³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pi
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bei⁵

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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: bei⁶ / bei^6-2 / bai¹
    • Yale: beih / béi / bāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ / bei^6-2 / bai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ / béi^6-2 / bei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²²/, /pei̯²²⁻³⁵/, /pɐi̯⁵⁵/

Note:

• bei6-2 - “fine-toothed comb”;
• bai1 - rare.

• (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  • Wiktionary: bei⁵
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: pi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pi
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pi⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pi⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: bi³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pi⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛi²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì
    • Tâi-lô: pì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pìn
    • Tâi-lô: pìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pixn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pin¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /pin²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi³ / bing³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pì / pìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹³/, /piŋ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹pi
    • MiniDict: pi^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: bei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pe̞i̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: pej

Rime
Character	篦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	邊兮切
Baxter	pej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pei/
Pan Wuyun	/pei/
Shao Rongfen	/pɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɛj/
Li Rong	/pei/
Wang Li	/piei/
Bernard Karlgren	/piei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*piː/, /*bis/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	篦	篦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	498	541
Phonetic component	比	比
Rime group	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	豍	鼻
Old Chinese	/*piː/	/*bis/
Notes	古作比	古作比

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 篦

1. fine-toothed comb
2. to comb with a fine-toothed comb
3. ^† (historical) a kind of ornament on ancient flags
4. ^† (historical) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 鎞／𫔇 (bī, “a blade-like tool used to treat eye diseases in ancient times”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 篦子 (“double-edged fine-tooth comb”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		䇫, 篦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		篦子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	篦子
	Taiwan	篦子
	Langfang	篦子
	Chengde	篦子
	Chifeng	篦子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	篦子
	Heihe	篦子
	Qiqihar	篦子
	Harbin	篦子
	Jiamusi	篦子
	Baicheng	篦子
	Changchun	篦子
	Tonghua	篦子
	Shenyang	篦子
	Jinzhou	篦子
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	篦子
	Tangshan	篦子
	Cangzhou	篦子
	Baoding	篦子
	Shijiazhuang	篦子
	Lijin	篦子
	Jinan	篦子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	篦子
	Dandong	篦子
	Yantai	篦子
	Yantai (Muping)	篦子
	Qingdao	篦子
	Zhucheng	篦子
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	包梳
	Jining	篦子
	Daming	篦子
	Wanrong	刨蝨子
	Linfen	篦子
	Shangqiu	篦子
	Yuanyang	篦子, 刮頭篦子
	Zhengzhou	刮頭篦子
	Xinyang	篦子
	Baihe	篦子
	Xi'an	篦子
	Baoji	篦子
	Tianshui	篦子
	Xining	篦子
	Xuzhou	篦子
	Fuyang	篦子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	篦子
	Lanzhou	篦子
	Dunhuang	篦子
	Hami	篦子
	Ürümqi	篦子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	篦子
	Nanchong	篦子
	Dazhou	篦子
	Hanyuan	篦子
	Xichang	篦子
	Zigong	篦子
	Chongqing	篦子
	Wuhan	篦子
	Yichang	篦子
	Xiangyang	篦子
	Tianmen	篦子
	Guiyang	篦子
	Zunyi	篦子
	Bijie	篦子
	Liping	篦子
	Zhaotong	篦子
	Dali	篦子
	Kunming	篦子
	Mengzi	篦子
	Guilin	篦子
	Liuzhou	篦子
	Jishou	篦子
	Changde	篦子
	Hanzhong	篦子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	篦子
	Yangzhou	篦子
	Lianyungang	篦子
	Lianshui	篦子
	Nantong	篦子
	Anqing	篦子
	Wuhu	篦子
	Hefei	篦子
	Hong'an	篦子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	篦, 頭篦, 梳篦
	Taishan	梳篦
Gan	Nanchang	篦子
	Lichuan	篦
	Pingxiang	篦甲
Hakka	Meixian	篦仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	頭篦
	Yudu	篦梳
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	篦仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	篦仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	篦仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	篦
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	篦仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	篦子
Huizhou	Jixi	篦
	Shexian	篦
Jin	Taiyuan	刮蝨子, 篦梳, 篦子
	Pingyao	篦梳
	Yangyuan	篦子
	Datong	篦子
	Xinzhou	篦梳
	Lüliang (Lishi)	篦梳
	Changzhi	篦梳
	Linhe	篦子, 篦梳
	Jining	篦梳
	Hohhot	篦子, 篦梳
	Erenhot	篦子
	Pingshan	篦子
	Zhangjiakou	篦子
	Handan	篦子
	Linzhou	篦哦
	Suide	篦梳子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	篦仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	篦梳
Southern Min	Xiamen	蝨篦
	Quanzhou	蝨篦
	Zhangzhou	蝨篦
	Taipei	蝨篦
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蝨篦
	Kaohsiung	蝨篦
	Yilan	蝨篦
	Changhua (Lukang)	蝨篦
	Taichung	蝨篦
	Tainan	蝨篦
	Hsinchu	蝨篦
	Kinmen	蝨篦
	Penghu (Magong)	蝨篦
	Longyan	蝨篦
	Shantou	篦
	Jieyang	篦, 蝨篦
Wu	Shanghai	篦䇫
	Shanghai (Chongming)	編䇫
	Suzhou	篦䇫
	Danyang	篦子, 篦梳
	Ningbo	篦䇫
	Wenzhou	篦䇫
	Jinhua	篦䇫
Xiang	Loudi	篦子

Descendants

• → Korean: 빗 (bit, “comb”)

Pronunciation 2

trad.		篦
simp. #		篦

• 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

(deprecated template usage) 篦

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 笓 (pí, “bamboo trap for prawns”).
2. ^† (historical) an ancient instrument of torture used to inflict blows
3. ^† stem and leaves of a plant

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Japanese

Kanji

篦

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. spatula

Readings

• On (unclassified): へい (hei)
• Kun: へら (hera, 篦)、の (no, 篦)

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Korean

Hanja

篦 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)

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