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丕

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See also: 조
丕 U+4E15, 丕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E15
← 且
[U+4E14]
CJK Unified Ideographs 世 →
[U+4E16]

Translingual

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Stroke order

Han character

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丕 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+4, 5 strokes, Cangjie input 一火一 (MFM), four-corner 10109, composition ⿱不一)

Derived characters

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Further reading

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 77, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30
  • Dae Jaweon: page 155, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 15, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4E15

Chinese

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trad. 丕
simp. # 丕
alternative forms 㔻
㶨
𠦓
⿱不于
𽀄 seal script

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 丕



References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰrɯ): phonetic 不 (OC *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ') + semantic 一

Pronunciation 1

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Rime
Character 丕
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 敷悲切
Baxter phij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pʰˠiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʰᵚi/
Shao
Rongfen
/pʰiɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pʰji/
Li
Rong
/pʰji/
Wang
Li
/pʰi/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/pʰi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
pī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
pei1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 丕
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
pī
Middle
Chinese
‹ phij ›
Old
Chinese
/*pʰrə/
English great

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 丕
Reading # 1/1
No. 1007
Phonetic
component
不
Rime
group
之
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
丕
Old
Chinese
/*pʰrɯ/
Notes 不的轉註字

Definitions

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丕

  1. large; grand
  2. to act on; to follow
  3. A particle.
  4. a surname

Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

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丕

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 不
  2. used in 可丕丕 (“heart beating”)

Compounds

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Japanese

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Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja

Kanji

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丕

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. large; grand

Readings

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  • Go-on: ひ (hi)
  • Kan-on: ひ (hi)
  • Kun: おおきい (ōkii, 丕きい)←おほきい (ofokii, 丕きい, historical)

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
丕
ひ
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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丕(ひ) • (Hi) 

  1. an orthographic borrowing of the Chinese surname 丕, Pi

Korean

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Hanja

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丕 (eumhun 클 비 (keul bi))

  1. hanja form? of 비 (“large; grand”)

Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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丕: Hán Việt readings: phi (鋪(phô)悲(bi)切(thiết))[1][2][3][4][5]
丕: Nôm readings: vầy[1][2][3][6][4][5][7], vậy[1][2][3][4][5][7], phỉ[1][2][3][6], bậy[3][6][5], phơi[1], chăng[3], chẳng[3], phi[6]

  1. chữ Nôm form of vầy (“such; like this”)
  2. chữ Nôm form of vậy (“so; thus”)

References

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