沘

沘 U+6C98, 沘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C98 ← 沗 [U+6C97] CJK Unified Ideographs 沙 → [U+6C99]

Translingual

Han character

沘 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水心心 (EPP), four-corner 3111₀, composition ⿰氵比)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 611, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17211
• Dae Jaweon: page 1005, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1562, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6C98

Chinese

trad.		沘
simp. #		沘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐ (bi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei²

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: bei²
    • Yale: béi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bjij, pjijX

Rime
Character	沘	沘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	房脂切	卑履切
Baxter	bjij	pjijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪ/	/piɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/bi/	/piX/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɪ/	/pjɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bi/	/piX/
Li Rong	/bi/	/piX/
Wang Li	/bi/	/piX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi/	/piX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí	bǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei4	bei2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*piʔ/, /*bi/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	沘	沘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	514	533
Phonetic component	比	比
Rime group	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	匕	𣬈
Old Chinese	/*piʔ/	/*bi/

Definitions

沘

1. Name of two rivers.

Japanese

Kanji

沘

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi)、び (bi)

Korean

Hanja

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

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