卑
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Translingual
| Japanese | 卑 |
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| Simplified | 卑 |
| Traditional | 卑 |
Alternative forms
Note that in Japanese shinjitai, the top left handed stroke ㇓ is written as two separate strokes.
Han character
卑 (Kangxi radical 24, 十+6 in Chinese, 十+7 in Japanese, 8 strokes in Chinese, 9 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 竹竹十 (HHJ), four-corner 26400, composition ⿱⿻白丿十(GHTK) or ⿱丿𤰞(JV))
Derived characters
- 啤, 脾, 䫌
References
- KangXi: page 156, character 27
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2738
- Dae Jaweon: page 356, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 63, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5351
- Unihan data for U+FA35
- Unihan data for U+2F82D
Chinese
| simp. and trad. | 卑 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 卑 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (卑) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 捭 | *preːʔ |
| 牌 | *breː, *breː |
| 郫 | *breː, *bre, *be |
| 蠯 | *breː, *be, *breːŋʔ |
| 猈 | *breːʔ, *breː |
| 稗 | *breːs |
| 粺 | *breːs |
| 𥱼 | *breː |
| 豍 | *peː |
| 箄 | *peː, *pe, *peʔ |
| 錍 | *pʰeː, *pe |
| 睥 | *pʰeːs |
| 渒 | *pʰeːs, *pe |
| 鼙 | *beː |
| 鞞 | *beː, *pe, *peʔ, *peːŋʔ |
| 椑 | *beː, *pe, *beɡ, *beːɡ |
| 崥 | *beː, *peʔ |
| 髀 | *beːʔ, *peʔ, *piʔ |
| 卑 | *pe |
| 鵯 | *pe, *pʰiɡ |
| 裨 | *pe, *be |
| 痺 | *pe |
| 碑 | *pre |
| 婢 | *peʔ, *beʔ |
| 諀 | *pʰeʔ |
| 脾 | *be |
| 埤 | *be |
| 陴 | *be |
| 蜱 | *be, *mbew |
| 焷 | *be |
| 螷 | *be, *breːŋʔ |
| 庳 | *beʔ |
| 琕 | *biːŋ |
| 萆 | *beɡ, *slɯʔ |
| 綼 | *biɡ, *peːɡ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 甲 (“fan”) + 𠂇 (“hand”) - a man holding a fan, indicating that he is a servant.
Pronunciation
Definitions
卑
- low; inferior
- humble
Compounds
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Japanese
| Shinjitai | 卑 | |
| Kyūjitai [1] | 卑 卑or 卑+ ︀? | |
| 卑󠄀 卑+ 󠄀?(Adobe-Japan1) | ||
| 卑󠄃 卑+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Kanji
卑
(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 卑)
- lowly, base, vulgar; vile
Readings
- Go-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
- Kun: いやしい (iyashii, 卑しい, Jōyō)←いやし (yasi, historical); いやしむ (iyashimu, 卑しむ, Jōyō); いやしめる (iyashimeru, 卑しめる, Jōyō); ひくい (hikui, 卑い)←ひくし (fikusi, historical)
References
- “卑”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia) (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 卑 (MC piᴇ). Recorded as Middle Korean 비 (pi) (Yale: pi) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource卑 (eumhun 낮을 비 (najeul bi))
- Hanja form? of 비 (“low; inferior”).
Compounds
Compounds
- 비겁 (卑怯, bigeop)
- 비열 (卑劣, biyeol)
- 비속 (卑俗, bisok)
- 비하 (卑下, biha)
- 비굴 (卑屈, bigul)
- 야비 (野卑, yabi)
- 비어 (卑語, bieo)
- 비금속 (卑金屬, bigeumsok)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
卑: Hán Nôm readings: te, bấy, ti
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