See also: ヒ ,
ビ ,
ピ ,
七 , and 𠤎
Translingual [ edit ]
Stroke order
Alternative forms [ edit ]
In Taiwan, the upper right stroke of 匕 is written with a straight line (一 ) from left to right.
In other regions, the upper right stroke of 匕 is written with a curve (丿 ) from the top right corner towards the middle left, which is also the historical form found in the Kangxi Dictionary.
Han character [ edit ]
匕 (Kangxi radical 21, 匕 +0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 山竹 (UH ), four-corner 22710 , composition ⿺乚 丿 (G J K H ) or ⿺乚 一 (T ))
Kangxi radical #21, ⼔ .
Derived characters [ edit ]
Appendix:Chinese_radical/匕
化 , 比 , 𡖅 , 𡚧 , 㠲 , 𢖬 , 朼 , 此 , 𭭽 , 𤆇 , 牝 , 𦘪 , 䂗 , 𥘇 , 𥝓 , 𭭾 , 𫊤 , 𧢶 , 䚰 , 𧺊 , 䣥 , 𨤽 , 𮩲 , 𩵏 , 𪋼 , 齔 (𮮾 /龀 )
𠨐 , 𢺵 , 頃 (顷 ), 𠘩 , 旨 , 𥘈 , 𭴁 , 𡙊 , 眞 , 仑 , 匂 , 𠨬 , 它 , 尼 , 庀 , 𢨩 , 㫐 , 𣥅 , 老 , 𦉮 , 疕 , 皀 , 𥃩 , 壱 , 𡧏 , 𡭠 , 䖈 , 鬯 , 麀 , 𭅔
Further reading [ edit ]
Chinese Wikisource has digitized text of the
Kangxi Dictionary entry for
匕 :
[[wikisource:zh:康熙字典/匕部/匕部#匕|匕部/匕部 ]]
Wikisource
Kangxi Dictionary: page 152 , character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2570
Dae Jaweon: page 342, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 261, character 15
Unihan data for U+5315
Chinese [ edit ]
Glyph origin [ edit ]
Old Chinese
匕
*pilʔ
庀
*pʰelʔ
疕
*pʰelʔ, *pilʔ, *pʰrilʔ
朼
*pilʔ
牝
*bilʔ, *binʔ
Pictogram (象形 ) – a spoon.
Etymology 1 [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Mandarin
Cantonese
(Standard Cantonese , Guangzhou –Hong Kong ) +
Jyutping : bei2 , bei6 , bei3
Yale : béi, beih, bei
Cantonese Pinyin : bei2 , bei6 , bei3
Guangdong Romanization : béi2 , béi6 , béi3
Sinological IPA (key ) : /pei̯³⁵/, /pei̯²²/, /pei̯³³/
Hakka
Southern Min
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
匕
匕
Reading #
1/2
2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
bǐ
bǐ
Middle Chinese
‹ pjijX ›
‹ pjijX ›
Old Chinese
/*pijʔ/
/*pijʔ/
English
ladle, spoon
spoon
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
匕
Reading #
1/1
No.
484
Phonetic component
匕
Rime group
脂
Rime subdivision
1
Corresponding MC rime
匕
Old Chinese
/*pilʔ/
Definitions [ edit ]
匕
( historical ) a kind of spoon in ancient China
( literary ) dagger
† arrow
† people
‡ Original form of 妣 (bǐ , “deceased mother”).
Compounds [ edit ]
Etymology 2 [ edit ]
For pronunciation and definitions of 匕 – see 牝 (“(of an animal) female ”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 牝 ).
Japanese [ edit ]
匕
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji )
Readings [ edit ]
Compounds [ edit ]
Definitions [ edit ]
For pronunciation and definitions of 匕 – see the following entry.
(This term, 匕 , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
匕 (eumhun 비수 비 ( bisu bi ) )
spoon
dagger
Vietnamese [ edit ]
Han character [ edit ]
匕 : Hán Nôm readings: chủy /chuỷ
匕 is used as an iteration marker here such as in the line, 埃匕𠳺匕麻𦖑 (Ai ai lẳng lặng mà nghe)
In Vietnamese Hán Nôm texts, 匕 is used as an iteration marker.