璧

璧

See also: 壁

璧 U+74A7, 璧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-74A7 ← 璦 [U+74A6] CJK Unified Ideographs 璨 → [U+74A8]

Translingual

Han character

璧 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 尸十一土戈 (SJMGI), four-corner 7010₃, composition ⿱辟玉)

Derived characters

• 𬉭

References

• KangXi: page 742, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21269
• Dae Jaweon: page 1151, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1142, character 16
• Unihan data for U+74A7

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		璧

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 璧
Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)	Libian (compiled in Qing)
Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts	Clerical script

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

	Old Chinese
嬖	*peːɡs
薜	*beːɡs, *preːɡ
鐾	*beːɡs
臂	*peɡs
譬	*pʰeɡs
避	*beɡs
檗	*preːɡ
擘	*preːɡ
糪	*preːɡ, *pʰreːɡ
掰	*preːɡ
繴	*breːɡ, *peːɡ
辟	*peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ
璧	*peɡ
鐴	*peɡ
躄	*peɡ
襞	*peɡ
僻	*pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ
癖	*pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ
廦	*pʰeɡ, *peːɡ
擗	*beɡ
躃	*beɡ
闢	*beɡ
壁	*peːɡ
鼊	*peːɡ
霹	*pʰeːɡ
劈	*pʰeːɡ
澼	*pʰeːɡ
憵	*pʰeːɡ
甓	*beːɡ
鷿	*beːɡ
幦	*mbeːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *peɡ) : phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ) + semantic 玉 – a type of jade.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹, bik³
• Min Dong (BUC): pék
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): phiak / phek / piak / pek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): biah⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bik¹, bik³
    • Yale: bīk, bik
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷, bik⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹, big³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵/, /pɪk̚³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɛiʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiak
    • Tâi-lô: phiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek
    • Tâi-lô: phik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pheg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piak
    • Tâi-lô: piak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek
    • Tâi-lô: pik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɪk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: biah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piaʔ²/

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• Middle Chinese: /piᴇk̚/

Rime
Character	璧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	清 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	必益切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/piɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/piæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piajk̚/
Li Rong	/piɛk̚/
Wang Li	/pĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pek/

  (Zhengzhang): /*peɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	璧
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bì
Middle Chinese	‹ pjiek ›
Old Chinese	/*pek/
English	circular jade insignium
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	璧
Reading #	1/1
No.	676
Phonetic component	辟
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	辟
Old Chinese	/*peɡ/

Definitions

璧

1. jade annulus

Compounds

中西合璧 (zhōngxīhébì) 反璧 合璧 (hébì) 和氏璧 (Héshìbì) 和璧 (Hébì) 和璧隋珠 圭璧 垂璧 夜光璧 奉璧 完璧 (wánbì) 寒璧 尺璧 拱璧 捐金抵璧 日月合璧 珍同拱璧 珠沉璧碎 璧人 (bìrén)

璧回 璧日 (bìrì) 璧月 璧池 璧田 白璧 白璧之瑕 白璧微瑕 (báibì-wēixiá) 系璧 返璧 匹夫懷璧／匹夫怀璧 原璧歸趙／原璧归赵 合璧連珠／合璧连珠 夫婦合璧／夫妇合璧 完璧歸趙／完璧归赵 (wánbìguīzhào) 寸陰尺璧／寸阴尺璧 懷璧其罪／怀璧其罪 (huáibìqízuì) 棄璧負嬰／弃璧负婴 珠聯璧合／珠联璧合 (zhūliánbìhé)

璧合珠聯／璧合珠联 璧合珠連／璧合珠连 璧璫／璧珰 璧謝／璧谢 (bìxiè) 璧趙／璧赵 璧還／璧还 (bìhuán) 白璧無瑕／白璧无瑕 (báibì-wúxiá) 白璧青蠅／白璧青蝇 破璧毀珪／破璧毁珪 秦庭歸璧／秦庭归璧 連城璧／连城璧 連珠合璧／连珠合璧 連璧／连璧 遺珠棄璧／遗珠弃璧 還珠返璧／还珠返璧 銜璧／衔璧 面縛銜璧／面缚衔璧 餘珍璧謝／余珍璧谢

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Japanese

Kanji

璧

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. piece of jade used in ancient China

Readings

• Go-on: ひゃく (hyaku)
• Kan-on: へき (heki, Jōyō)
• Kun: たま (tama, 璧)

Compounds

Compounds

• 完璧(かんぺき) (kanpeki)
• 圭璧(けいへき) (keiheki)
• 双璧(そうへき) (sōheki)

Usage notes

This character is not to be confused with the visually similar 壁.

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 璧 (MC piᴇk̚). Recorded as Middle Korean 벽〮 (pyék) (Yale: pyék) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pjʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [벽]

Hanja

Wikisource璧 (eumhun 구슬 벽 (guseul byeok))

1. Hanja form^? of 벽 (“jade”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 완벽 (完璧, wanbyeok)
• 쌍벽 (雙璧, ssangbyeok)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

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Vietnamese

Han character

璧: Hán Nôm readings: bích, bệch, bịch, vách

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