彆

彆 U 5F46, 彆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F46 ← 彅 [U 5F45] CJK Unified Ideographs 彇 → [U 5F47]

Translingual

Han character

彆 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓 12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 火大弓 (FKN), four-corner 9772₇, composition ⿱敝弓)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 360, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9859
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1002, character 7
• Unihan data for U 5F46

Chinese

trad.		彆/別*
simp.		别*/彆
别: "to dissuade"

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (敝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蔽	*peds
鄨	*peds, *ped
鷩	*peds, *ped
彆	*peds, *peːd
潎	*pʰeds, *pʰed
斃	*beds, *bed
敝	*beds, *bed
幣	*beds
弊	*beds
鱉	*ped
虌	*ped
憋	*ped, *pʰed, *peːd
瞥	*pʰed, *pʰeːd
鐅	*pʰed, *pʰeːd
嫳	*bed, *pʰeːd
撇	*pʰeːd
撆	*pʰeːd
暼	*pʰeːd
蹩	*beːd
襒	*beːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *peds, *peːd) : phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed) semantic 弓 (“bow”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biè (bie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biè
    • Wade–Giles: pieh⁴
    • Yale: byè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bieh
    • Palladius: бе (be)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bit³
    • Yale: bit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: pjiejH

Rime
Character	彆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	必袂切
Baxter	pjiejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/piɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/pjæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piajH/
Li Rong	/piɛiH/
Wang Li	/pĭɛiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*peds/, /*peːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彆	彆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	630	649
Phonetic component	敝	敝
Rime group	祭	月
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	蔽	㢼
Old Chinese	/*peds/	/*peːd/

Definitions

彆

1. ends of bow
2. to make somebody change their opinion; to dissuade
3. to hold back

Compounds

• 一彆頭／一别头
• 彆口氣／别口气
• 彆強／别强
• 彆扭／别扭
• 彆氣／别气
• 拗彆／拗别
• 拗彆攪炒／拗别搅炒
• 皺彆／皱别
• 鬥彆氣／斗别气
• 鬧彆扭／闹别扭

 

Korean

Hanja

彆 (eumhun 활 뒤틀릴 별 (hwal dwiteullil byeol))

1. hanja form^? of 별 (“warped bow”)