藣

藣 U+85E3, 藣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85E3 ← 藢 [U+85E2] CJK Unified Ideographs 藤 → [U+85E4]

Translingual

Han character

藣 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 廿田中心 (TWLP) or 難廿田中心 (XTWLP), four-corner 4421₁, composition ⿱艹罷)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1065, character 45
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32339
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3319, character 11
• Unihan data for U+85E3

Chinese

trad.		藣
simp.		𰱯
alternative forms		𧄾 𧀛

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
擺	*preːlʔ
犤	*breːl, *pral, *bral
罷	*breːlʔ, *bral, *bralʔ
矲	*breːlʔ
羆	*pral
襬	*pral, *pʰrals
藣	*pral, *prals

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pral, *prals): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 罷 (OC *breːlʔ, *bral, *bralʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēi (bei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bei
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹
    • Yale: bēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bei
    • Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bei¹
    • Yale: bēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pje, pjeH

Rime
Character	藣	藣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	彼爲切	彼義切
Baxter	pje	pjeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇ/	/pˠiᴇH/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛ/	/pᵚiɛH/
Shao Rongfen	/piɛ/	/piɛH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiə̆/	/pjiə̆H/
Li Rong	/pje/	/pjeH/
Wang Li	/pǐe/	/pǐeH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pie̯/	/pie̯H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bī	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei1	bei3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pral/, /*prals/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	藣	藣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	174	175
Phonetic component	罷	罷
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	陂	賁
Old Chinese	/*pral/	/*prals/

Definitions

藣

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of grass
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) ox's tail held by dancers