毗

See also: 毘

毗	U+6BD7, 毗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BD7

← 毖
[U+6BD6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

毘 →
[U+6BD8]

Translingual

Han character

毗 (Kangxi radical 81, 比+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 田心心 (WPP), four-corner 6101₀, composition ⿰田比)

help, assist
connect, adjoin

Synonyms

毘

References

KangXi: page 591, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16752
Dae Jaweon: page 983, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1417, character 8
Unihan data for U+6BD7

Chinese

trad.		毗
simp. ^#		毗
alternative forms		毘／毗

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
梐	piː, biːʔ
狴	*piː
悂	piː, pʰi
螕	*piː
鎞	*piː
蓖	*piː
篦	piː, bis
批	*pʰiː
砒	*pʰiː
鈚	pʰiː, bi
磇	*pʰiː
媲	*pʰiːs
笓	*biː
膍	biː, bi
陛	*biːʔ
仳	pʰeʔ, piʔ, bi, briʔ
吡	pʰeʔ, piʔ, *biɡ
紕	be, pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ
比	piʔ, pis, bi, bis, *biɡ
妣	piʔ, pis
秕	*piʔ
沘	piʔ, bi
枇	piʔ, bi, *bis
粊	*pris
庇	*pis
屁	*pʰis
琵	*bi
毗	*bi
貔	*bi
豼	*bi
蚍	*bi
芘	bi, bis
肶	*bi
魮	*bi
阰	*bi
坒	bis, biɡ
玭	*bin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *bi) : semantic 囟 + phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pí (pi²)
(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴, bei²
Min Nan (POJ): pî / pí

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pei⁴, bei²
  - Yale: pèih, béi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴, bei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴, béi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹/, /pei̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî
  - Tâi-lô: pî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /pi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí
  - Tâi-lô: pí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /biɪ/

Rime
Character	毗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	房脂切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/bi/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bi/
Li Rong	/bi/
Wang Li	/bi/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ij/
(Zhengzhang): /*bi/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	毗
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pí
Middle Chinese	‹ bjij ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ij/
English	assist; boastful
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	毗
Reading #	1/1
No.	526
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𣬈
Old Chinese	/*bi/
Notes	右囟隸化變田

Definitions

毗

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Compounds

毗佐
毗倚
毗尼日用
毗益
毗舍婆佛
毗陵

茶毗
荼毗 (túpí)
夸毗
毗婆尸佛
毗盧遮那／毗卢遮那

毗連／毗连 (pílián)
毗鄰／毗邻 (pílín)
迦毗羅衛／迦毗罗卫 (Jiāpíluówèi)
阿毗曇／阿毗昙
阿毗達磨／阿毗达磨

References

“毗”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

毗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

help
assist
connect
adjoin

Readings

On (unclassified): ひ (hi); び (bi)
Kun: たすける (tasukeru)

Korean

Hanja

毗 (eum 비 (bi))

help, assist
connect, adjoin

Vietnamese

Han character

毗: Hán Nôm readings: tì

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References

Nom Foundation