苾

苾 U 82FE, 苾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82FE ← 苽 [U 82FD] CJK Unified Ideographs 苿 → [U 82FF]

Translingual

Han character

苾 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸 5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿心竹 (TPH), four-corner 4433₀, composition ⿱艹必)

Derived characters

• 𭈺, 𧪋, 𮏡, 𦸞

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1025, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30828
• Dae Jaweon: page 1485, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3197, character 3
• Unihan data for U 82FE

Chinese

trad.		苾
simp. #		苾
alternative forms		馝

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴
    • Yale: bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bat⁶
    • Yale: baht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: bjit, bet

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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤi[t]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bliːɡ/, /*bliɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	苾
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bì
Middle Chinese	‹ bet ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁi[t]/
English	fragrant
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	苾	苾
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	561	577
Phonetic component	必	必
Rime group	質	質
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	蹩	邲
Old Chinese	/*bliːɡ/	/*bliɡ/

Definitions

苾

1. (literary) fragrant; aromatic
2. a surname

Compounds

• 苾勃 (bìbó)
• 苾芻／苾刍 (bìchú)
• 苾苾
• 苾蒭／苾𫇴 (bìchú)

 

Japanese

Kanji

苾

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. smell
2. fragrance
3. aroma

Readings

• Go-on: びち (bichi)
• Kan-on: ひつ (hitsu)
• Kun: かおる (kaoru, 苾る)

Compounds

• 苾蒭(びっしゅ) (bisshu), 苾芻(びっしゅ) (bisshu), 苾蒭(ひっすう) (hissū, “bhikkhu”)

Korean

Hanja

苾 • (pil) (hangeul 필, revised pil, McCune–Reischauer p'il, Yale phil)

1. fragrance