磇

磇 U+78C7, 磇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78C7 ← 磆 [U+78C6] CJK Unified Ideographs 磈 → [U+78C8]

Translingual

Han character

磇 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+10, 15 strokes, Cangjie input 一口竹田心 (MRHWP), composition ⿰石𣬉)

1. arsenic

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 834, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24390
• Dae Jaweon: page 1251, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2447, character 12
• Unihan data for U+78C7

Chinese

trad.		磇
simp. #		磇

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pī (pi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pī
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹
    • Yale: pī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pei¹
    • Yale: pēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: phej

Rime
Character	磇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	匹迷切
Baxter	phej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰei/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰei/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰɛj/
Li Rong	/pʰei/
Wang Li	/pʰiei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰiː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磇
Reading #	1/1
No.	502
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	磇
Old Chinese	/*pʰiː/

Definitions

磇

1. alternative form of 砒 (pī)

Japanese

Kanji

磇

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): へい (hei)、ひ (hi)