咇

咇 U 5487, 咇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5487 ← 咆 [U 5486] CJK Unified Ideographs 咈 → [U 5488]

Translingual

Han character

咇 (Kangxi radical 30, 口 5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口心竹 (RPH), four-corner 6300₀, composition ⿰口必)

1. fragrant

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 184, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3485
• Dae Jaweon: page 403, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 608, character 13
• Unihan data for U 5487

Chinese

simp. and trad.		咇

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
泌	*mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ
秘	*mpriɡs
毖	*priɡs
閟	*priɡs
柲	*priɡs, *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
鉍	*priɡs, *priɡ
邲	*priɡs, *bliɡ, *briɡ
覕	*pliŋs, *mbliːɡ
咇	*bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
苾	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
馝	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
飶	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
鴓	*mbliːɡ
鮅	*pliɡ, *bliɡ
必	*pliɡ
珌	*pliɡ
佖	*bliɡ, *briɡ
駜	*bliɡ, *briɡ
怭	*bliɡ
妼	*bliɡ
宓	*mriɡ, *mliɡ
樒	*mriɡ
密	*mriɡ
蔤	*mriɡ
滵	*mriɡ
蜜	*mliɡ
謐	*mliɡ
榓	*mliɡ
淧	*mliɡ
瑟	*smriɡ, *smriɡ
璱	*sriɡ
飋	*sriɡ
虙	*blɯɡ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bié (bie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bié
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bié
    • Wade–Giles: pieh²
    • Yale: byé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bye
    • Palladius: бе (be)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bit¹
    • Yale: bīt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bjit, pit, bet

Rime
Character	咇	咇	咇
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	幫 (1)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	質 (49)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	IV
Fanqie	毗必切	鄙密切	蒲結切
Baxter	bjit	pit	bet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪt̚/	/pˠiɪt̚/	/bet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bit̚/	/pᵚit̚/	/bet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/bjet̚/	/piet̚/	/bɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bit̚/	/pjit̚/	/bɛt̚/
Li Rong	/biĕt̚/	/pjĕt̚/	/bet̚/
Wang Li	/bĭĕt̚/	/pĭĕt̚/	/biet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ĕt̚/	/pi̯ĕt̚/	/bʱiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bí	bi	bié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bat6	bat1	bit6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bliːɡ/, /*priɡ/, /*bliɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	咇	咇	咇
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	560	573	584
Phonetic component	必	必	必
Rime group	質	質	質
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	蹩	筆	邲
Old Chinese	/*bliːɡ/	/*priɡ/	/*bliɡ/

Definitions

咇

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Compounds

• 咇咇

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bit¹
    • Yale: bīt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚⁵/

Definitions

咇

1. (Cantonese) to squeeze out of a gap or hole; to squirt

   咇尿 [Cantonese]  ―  bit¹ niu⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to squirt urine

   咇屎 [Cantonese]  ―  bit¹ si² [Jyutping]  ―  to eject faeces

2. (Cantonese) beep

   請你喺「咇」一聲後留低口信 [Cantonese, trad.]
   请你喺「咇」一声后留低口信 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ceng² nei⁵ hai² “bit¹” jat¹ seng¹ hau⁶ lau⁴ dai¹ hau² seon³ [Jyutping]

   Please leave your message after the beep

Etymology 3

From English beat (“route patrolled by a police officer or a guard”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bit¹
    • Yale: bīt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚⁵/

Definitions

咇

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) beat; patrol (by police officers)

Compounds

• 行咇
• 行孖咇

 

Etymology 4

From English beat (“pulse; rhythm”).

Alternative forms

• beat

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bit¹
    • Yale: bīt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚⁵/

Definitions

咇

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, music) beat; rhythm

   甩beat [Cantonese]  ―  lat¹ bit¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to be out of sync with the rhythm

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Japanese

Kanji

咇

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): へつ (hetsu)、べち (bechi)、ひつ (hitsu)、ひち (hichi)、ひ (hi)、び (bi)

Korean

Hanja

咇 • (pil) (hangeul 필, revised pil, McCune–Reischauer p'il)

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