苝

苝 U+82DD, 苝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82DD ← 苜 [U+82DC] CJK Unified Ideographs 苞 → [U+82DE]

Translingual

Han character

苝 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿中一心 (TLMP), composition ⿱艹北)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1023, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30788
• Dae Jaweon: page 1482, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3189, character 5
• Unihan data for U+82DD

Chinese

simp. and trad.		苝

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
背	*pɯːɡs, *bɯːɡs
鄁	*bɯːɡs
偝	*bɯːɡs
邶	*bɯːɡs
苝	*bɯːɡs
北	*pɯːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèi (bei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèi
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴
    • Yale: bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bey
    • Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bwojH

Rime
Character	苝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蒲昧切
Baxter	bwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/buoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/buɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwəjH/
Li Rong	/buᴀiH/
Wang Li	/buɒiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bui6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	苝
Reading #	1/1
No.	413
Phonetic component	北
Rime group	代
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	佩
Old Chinese	/*bɯːɡs/

Definitions

苝

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) wild onions
2. (organic chemistry) perylene

Zhuang

Noun

苝

1. Sawndip form of byaek (“vegetable”)