仳

仳	U+4EF3, 仳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EF3

Translingual

Han character

仳 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, Cangjie input 人心心 (OPP), four-corner 2121₀, composition ⿰亻比)

to separate, part company

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 94, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 404
Dae Jaweon: page 200, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 121, character 1
Unihan data for U+4EF3

Chinese

trad.		仳
simp. ^#		仳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 仳
Small seal script s05890
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).

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 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pǐ (pi³)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pí / pî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pǐ
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi³
  - Yale: pǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pii
  - Palladius: пи (pi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pei²
  - Yale: péi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí / pî
  - Tâi-lô: pí / pî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pie, pii
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁵³/, /pi²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴/, /pi²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³/, /pi¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³/, /pi²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹/, /pi²³/

Middle Chinese: phjieX, bijX

Rime
Character	仳	仳
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	匹婢切	符鄙切
Baxter	phjieX	bijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiᴇ^X/	/bˠiɪ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛ^X/	/bᵚi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjɛ^X/	/biɪ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiə̆^X/	/bji^X/
Li Rong	/pʰie^X/	/bji^X/
Wang Li	/pʰǐe^X/	/bi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰie̯^X/	/bʱi^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pǐ	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei²	bei⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*pʰeʔ/, /*piʔ/, /*briʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仳	仳	仳
Reading #	1/4	2/4	4/4
No.	508	516	540
Phonetic component	比	比	比
Rime group	支	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	0	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	諀	匕	否
Old Chinese	/*pʰeʔ/	/*piʔ/	/*briʔ/
Notes		符鄙切注又方比切

Definitions

仳

(literary) to part; to leave each other
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to distinguish; to tell apart
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 比

Compounds

仳𠌯 (pǐlí)
仳別 / 仳别
仳脇 / 仳胁
仳離 / 仳离 (pǐlí)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pí (pi²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pei⁴
  - Yale: pèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: bjij

Rime
Character	仳
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	房脂切
Baxter	bjij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/bi/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bi/
Li Rong	/bi/
Wang Li	/bi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*bi/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仳
Reading #	3/4
No.	536
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𣬈
Old Chinese	/*bi/

Definitions

仳

only used in 仳倠

References

(Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 63

Japanese

Kanji

仳

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: び (bi)
Kan-on: ひ (hi)
Kun: わかれる (wakareru, 仳れる)

Korean

Hanja

仳 (eum 비 (bi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

仳: Hán Nôm readings: tị

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References

Nom Foundation

Zhuang

Noun

仳

Sawndip form of beix