枇

枇 U+6787, 枇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6787 ← 枆 [U+6786] CJK Unified Ideographs 枈 → [U+6788]

Translingual

Han character

枇 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木心心 (DPP), four-corner 4191₀, composition ⿰木比)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 514, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14528
• Dae Jaweon: page 902, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1167, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6787

Chinese

trad.		枇
simp. #		枇

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
梐	*piː, *biːʔ
狴	*piː
悂	*piː, *pʰi
螕	*piː
鎞	*piː
蓖	*piː
篦	*piː, *bis
批	*pʰiː
砒	*pʰiː
鈚	*pʰiː, *bi
磇	*pʰiː
媲	*pʰiːs
笓	*biː
膍	*biː, *bi
陛	*biːʔ
仳	*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *bi, *briʔ
吡	*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *biɡ
紕	*be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ
比	*piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ
妣	*piʔ, *pis
秕	*piʔ
沘	*piʔ, *bi
枇	*piʔ, *bi, *bis
粊	*pris
庇	*pis
屁	*pʰis
琵	*bi
毗	*bi
貔	*bi
豼	*bi
蚍	*bi
芘	*bi, *bis
肶	*bi
魮	*bi
阰	*bi
坒	*bis, *biɡ
玭	*bin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *piʔ, *bi, *bis): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pí (pi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phì

  (Hailu, HRS): pi

• Eastern Min (BUC): bì
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pî / gî / kî / khî / tî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pí
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²
    • Yale: pí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pei⁴
    • Yale: pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phì
    • Hakka Romanization System: pi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pi²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: pi
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bi²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi¹³/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî
    • Tâi-lô: pî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Tainan): /pi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Yilan, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî
    • Tâi-lô: gî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gii
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Yilan): /ɡi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
    • Tâi-lô: kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khî
    • Tâi-lô: khî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qii
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang, Kinmen): /kʰi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî
    • Tâi-lô: tî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dii
    • IPA (Tainan): /ti²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³/

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• Middle Chinese: bjij

Rime
Character	枇
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	房脂切
Baxter	bjij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/bi/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bi/
Li Rong	/bi/
Wang Li	/bi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bi/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	枇
Reading #	2/3
No.	529
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𣬈
Old Chinese	/*bi/

Definitions

枇

1. only used in 枇杷 (pípá)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐ (bi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pi³
    • Yale: bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: pjijX

Rime
Character	枇
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	卑履切
Baxter	pjijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/piX/
Shao Rongfen	/pjɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piX/
Li Rong	/piX/
Wang Li	/piX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/piX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*piʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	枇
Reading #	1/3
No.	515
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	匕
Old Chinese	/*piʔ/
Notes	通匕

Definitions

枇

1. alternative form of 匕 (bǐ, “a kind of inplement for eating”)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: bjijH

Rime
Character	枇
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	毗至切
Baxter	bjijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/biH/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biH/
Li Rong	/biH/
Wang Li	/biH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bis/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	枇
Reading #	3/3
No.	543
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鼻
Old Chinese	/*bis/

Definitions

枇

1. alternative form of 篦 (“fine-toothed comb; to comb with a fine-toothed comb”)

Pronunciation 4

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pî

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî
    • Tâi-lô: pî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /pi²⁴/

Definitions

枇

1. (Hokkien) Classifier for clusters, strings, or bunches.
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to capture; to seize; to catch
3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) undurable; not sturdy; not solid (of the quality of a material)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 串 (“bunch (classifier for bananas)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		串, 把
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	串, 把
Cantonese	Guangzhou	梳
	Hong Kong	梳
	Taishan	梳
	Dongguan	梳
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	托
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	托
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	托
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	托
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	托
Southern Min	Xiamen	枇
	Zhangzhou	枇
	Zhao'an	筐
	Taipei	枇
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	枇
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	枇
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	枇, ih
	Kaohsiung	枇
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	枇
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	枇
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	枇
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	枇
	Yilan	枇
	Yilan (Toucheng)	枇
	Changhua (Lukang)	枇
	Changhua (Yongjing)	枇
	Taichung	枇
	Tainan	枇
	Tainan (Anping)	枇
	Hsinchu	枇
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	枇
	Kinmen	枇
	Penghu (Magong)	枇
	Penghu (Xiyu)	枇
	Jieyang	梳
Wu	Wenzhou	子

Further reading

• “枇”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• “枇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “枇（～杷）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 161.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 枇

枇

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: び (bi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: さじ (saji)、くし (kushi)、ならべる (naraberu)

Korean

Hanja

枇 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

枇: Hán Nôm readings: tì

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