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U+4EF3, 仳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EF3

[U+4EF2]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4EF4]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 9 +4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人心心 (OPP), four-corner 21210, composition)

  1. to separate, part company

References

  • KangXi: page 94, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 404
  • Dae Jaweon: page 200, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 121, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4EF3

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character


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 () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*piː, *biːʔ
*piː
*piː, *pʰi
*piː
*piː
*piː
*piː, *bis
*pʰiː
*pʰiː
*pʰiː, *bi
*pʰiː
*pʰiːs
*biː
*biː, *bi
*biːʔ
*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *bi, *briʔ
*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *biɡ
*be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ
*piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ
*piʔ, *pis
*piʔ
*piʔ, *bi
*piʔ, *bi, *bis
*pris
*pis
*pʰis
*bi
*bi
*bi
*bi
*bi
*bi, *bis
*bi
*bi
*bi
*bis, *biɡ
*bin

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (3) (2) (3)
Final () (15) (11) (17)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/biɪ/ /pʰiᴇX/ /bˠiɪX/
Pan
Wuyun
/bi/ /pʰiɛX/ /bᵚiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/bjɪ/ /pʰjɛX/ /biɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/bi/ /pʰiə̆X/ /bjiX/
Li
Rong
/bi/ /pʰieX/ /bjiX/
Wang
Li
/bi/ /pʰǐeX/ /biX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi/ /pʰie̯X/ /bʱiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
No. 508 516 536 540
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
𣬈
Old
Chinese
/*pʰeʔ/ /*piʔ/ /*bi/ /*briʔ/
Notes

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(bi) (hangeul , revised bi, McCune-Reischauer pi)

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