坯

See also: 壞

坯	U+576F, 坯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-576F

← 坮
[U+576E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

坰 →
[U+5770]

Translingual

Han character

坯 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土一火一 (GMFM), four-corner 4111₉, composition ⿰土丕)

dam, embankment
weir

References

KangXi: page 226, character 28

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4984

Dae Jaweon: page 462, character 6

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 430, character 1

Unihan data for U+576F

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
肧	pʰlɯː, pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː
俖	*pʰɯːʔ
娝	*prɯʔ
痞	prɯʔ, brɯʔ, *pɯʔ
丕	*pʰrɯ
伾	*pʰrɯ
秠	pʰrɯ, pʰrɯʔ, pʰɯ, pʰɯʔ
駓	*pʰrɯ
怌	*pʰrɯ
豾	*pʰrɯ
髬	*pʰrɯ
魾	pʰrɯ, brɯ
鉟	pʰrɯ, brɯ
嚭	*pʰrɯʔ
邳	*brɯ
岯	*brɯ
否	brɯʔ, pɯʔ
抔	bɯ, pʰlɯː
不	pɯ, pɯʔ, *pɯ'
紑	pɯ, pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ
鴀	pɯ, pɯʔ
衃	pʰɯ, pʰlɯː
罘	*bɯ
芣	*bɯ
杯	*plɯː
盃	*plɯː
桮	*pɯː
坯	*pʰɯː
胚	*pʰɯː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰɯː) : semantic 土 + phonetic 丕 (OC *pʰrɯ).

Etymology 1

trad.		坯
simp. ^#		坯
alternative forms		坏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): pī, pēi
(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ, ㄆㄟ
(Chengdu, SP): pei¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): pui¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phôi
(Meixian, Guangdong): poi¹
Jin (Wiktionary): pi¹
Min Bei (KCR): pó
Min Dong (BUC): puŏi
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): phoe / pher / phe
(Teochew, Peng'im): puê¹
Wu (Wiktionary): phe (T1)
Xiang (Wiktionary): pei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pī
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pi
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi¹
  - Yale: pī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi
  - Palladius: пи (pi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pei
  - Wade–Giles: pʻei¹
  - Yale: pēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pei
  - Palladius: пэй (pɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: pei¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pei
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pui¹
  - Yale: pūi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pui¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: pui¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phôi
  - Hakka Romanization System: poi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: poi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰoi̯²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: poi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰoɪ⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: pi¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰxi¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰo⁵⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: puŏi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰui⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoe
  - Tâi-lô: phue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰue³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pher
  - Tâi-lô: pher
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰə³³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phe
  - Tâi-lô: phe
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phef
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pʰe⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: puê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phue
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰue³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: phe (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰe̞⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: pei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰe̞i³³/

Middle Chinese: /pʰuʌi/

Rime
Character	坯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	芳杯切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰuʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰuoi/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰwəj/
Li Rong	/pʰuᴀi/
Wang Li	/pʰuɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pui¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	坯
Reading #	1/1
No.	1046
Phonetic component	不
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	肧
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯː/

Definitions

坯

unburnt pottery and bricks; base
adobe
(figurative) unfinished or semifinished product
hill

Synonyms

(unfinished product):

edit

半成品 (bànchéngpǐn)
坯料 (pīliào)

毛坯 (máopī)
粗坯 (Min Nan)

半製品／半制品 (bànzhìpǐn)
在製品／在制品 (zàizhìpǐn)

Compounds

Derived terms from 坯

土坯 (tǔpī)
坯子 (pēizi)
坯布
坯料 (pīliào)
毛坯 (máopī)

泥坯
坯體／坯体
壞坯子／坏坯子
殺坯／杀坯

磚坯／砖坯 (zhuānpī)
線坯子／线坯子
製坯／制坯
麵坯兒／面坯儿

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 坯 – see 壞 (“bad; rotten; spoiled; etc.”). (This character, 坯, is a variant form of 壞.)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 坯 – see 坏 (“unfired pottery and bricks; base; low hill; etc.”). (This character, 坯, is a variant form of 坏.)

Japanese

Kanji

坯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ひ (hi), はい (hai), へ (he)

Kun: おか (oka)

Korean

Hanja

坯 • (bae) (hangeul 배, revised bae, McCune–Reischauer pae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

坯: Hán Nôm readings: phôi, phơ

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References

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