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丕

丕

丕 U+4E15, 丕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E15
← 且
[U+4E14] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 世 →
[U+4E16]

Translingual

Han character

丕 (radical 1 一+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一火一 (MFM), four-corner 10109, composition ⿱不一)

  1. great, grand, glorious, distinguished

References

  • KangXi: page 77, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30
  • Dae Jaweon: page 155, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 15, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4E15

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 丕

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丕
Bronze inscriptions

b00106
Large seal script

L04220

L04221

L04222

L04223
Small seal script

s00005
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 (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (不) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
肧 *pʰlɯː, *pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː
俖 *pʰɯːʔ
娝 *prɯʔ
痞 *prɯʔ, *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ
丕 *pʰrɯ
伾 *pʰrɯ
秠 *pʰrɯ, *pʰrɯʔ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ
駓 *pʰrɯ
怌 *pʰrɯ
豾 *pʰrɯ
髬 *pʰrɯ
魾 *pʰrɯ, *brɯ
鉟 *pʰrɯ, *brɯ
嚭 *pʰrɯʔ
邳 *brɯ
岯 *brɯ
否 *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ
抔 *bɯ, *pʰlɯː
不 *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ'
紑 *pɯ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ
鴀 *pɯ, *pɯʔ
衃 *pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː
罘 *bɯ
芣 *bɯ
杯 *plɯː
盃 *plɯː
桮 *pɯː
坯 *pʰɯː
胚 *pʰɯː

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 丕
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 敷悲切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pʰˠiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pʰᵚi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pʰiɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pʰji/
Li
Rong		 /pʰji/
Wang
Li		 /pʰi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pʰi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 pī
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 丕
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 pī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ phij ›
Old
Chinese		 /*pʰrə/
English great

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 丕
Reading # 1/1
No. 1007
Phonetic
component		 不
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 丕
Old
Chinese		 /*pʰrɯ/
Notes 不的轉註字

Definitions

丕

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Compounds

  • 丕丕
  • 丕基
  • 丕林島／丕林岛
  • 丕業／丕业
  • 丕烈
  • 丕績／丕绩
  • 丕變／丕变
  • 丕靈／丕灵
  • 丕顯／丕显
  • 春丕峽／春丕峡
  • 氣丕丕／气丕丕

Japanese

Kanji

丕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. large, grand

Readings

Korean

Hanja

丕 • ‎(bi)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 비 (revised: bi, McCune-Reischauer: pi)
  • Name (hangeul): 클 (revised: keul, McCune-Reischauer: k'ǔl)
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References

Vietnamese

Han character

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