埤

埤

埤 U+57E4, 埤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57E4 ← 埣 [U+57E3] CJK Unified Ideographs 埥 → [U+57E5]

Translingual

Han character

埤 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土竹田十 (GHWJ), four-corner 4614₀, composition ⿰土卑)

References

• KangXi: page 230, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5167
• Dae Jaweon: page 466, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 454, character 5
• Unihan data for U+57E4

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		埤

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *be) : semantic 土 (“dirt”) + phonetic 卑 (OC *pe)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pí, pì, bì, bēi (pi², pi⁴, bi⁴, bei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ, ㄆㄧˋ, ㄅㄧˋ, ㄅㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴
• Min Dong (BUC): bĭ
• Min Nan (POJ): pi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pí
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²
    • Yale: pí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pì
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi⁴
    • Yale: pì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴
    • Yale: bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
      
  • (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)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei⁴
    • Yale: pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi
    • Tâi-lô: pi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: py
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /biᴇ/

Rime
Character	埤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符支切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biə̆/
Li Rong	/bie/
Wang Li	/bǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*be/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	埤
Reading #	1/1
No.	386
Phonetic component	卑
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	陴
Old Chinese	/*be/

Definitions

埤

1. increase
2. parapet (wall)
3. low, inferior
4. (geography) water reservoir used in irrigation

   埤頭／埤头  ―  Pítóu  ―  Pitou, Changhua, Taiwan

Compounds

埤堄 埤雅 大埤 (Dàpí) 大埤湖

新埤 (Xīnpí) 埤島／埤岛 埤溼／埤湿

埤頭／埤头 (Pítóu) 埤頭鄉／埤头乡 虎頭埤／虎头埤

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Japanese

Kanji

埤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. add
2. increase
3. attach
4. low fence

Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi), び (bi), へい (hei)
• Kun: ます (masu), あたへる (ataheru), たすける (tasukeru), ひくいひめがき (hikuihimegaki)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. add
2. increase
3. attach
4. low fence

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Vietnamese

Han character

埤: Hán Nôm readings: bì

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References

• Nom Foundation