碑

碑

碑 U+7891, 碑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7891 ← 碐 [U+7890] CJK Unified Ideographs 碒 → [U+7892]

碑 U+FA4B, 碑 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA4B ← 琢 [U+FA4A] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 社 → [U+FA4C]

Translingual

Japanese	碑
Simplified	碑
Traditional	碑

Alternative forms

Note that in Japanese shinjitai, the top left handed stroke ㇓ in 卑 is written as two separate strokes.

Han character

碑 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+8 in Chinese, 石+9 in Japanese, 13 strokes in Chinese, 14 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 一口竹田十 (MRHWJ), four-corner 1664₀, composition ⿰石卑)

References

• KangXi: page 832, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24364
• Dae Jaweon: page 1248, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2438, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7891
• Unihan data for U+FA4B

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		碑
alternative forms		𥓓 𪿨

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 *pre) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 卑 (OC *pe).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bēi (bei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ

  (Chengdu, SP): bei¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): bi¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pî

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bi¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): bei¹
• Min Bei (KCR): bí
• Min Dong (BUC): bĭ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): pe (T1)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): bei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: bei¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bei
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei¹
    • Yale: bēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: bi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pî
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pi²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pi⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: bei¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pei¹¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi
    • Tâi-lô: pi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: py
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pi³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: pe (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pe̞⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: bei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pe̞i³³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 碑
Mandarin	Beijing	/pei⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/pei⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/pei²¹/
	Jinan	/pei²¹³/
	Qingdao	/pe²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/pei²⁴/
	Xi'an	/pi²¹/
	Xining	/pji⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/pei⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/pi³¹/
	Ürümqi	/pei⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/pei⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/pei⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/pei⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/pei⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/pəi³¹/
	Hefei	/pe²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/pei¹¹/
	Pingyao	/pei¹³/
	Hohhot	/pei³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/pe⁵³/
	Suzhou	/pe̞⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/pei³³/
	Wenzhou	/pai³³/
Hui	Shexian	/pe³¹/
	Tunxi	/pe¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/pei³³/
	Xiangtan	/pəi³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/pi⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/pi⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/pi²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/pei⁵³/
	Nanning	/pɐi⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/pei⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/pi⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/pi⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/pi⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/pi³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ʔbɔi²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠiᴇ/

Rime
Character	碑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	彼爲切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/piɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiə̆/
Li Rong	/pje/
Wang Li	/pǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/pie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pre/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pre/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	碑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bēi
Middle Chinese	‹ pje ›
Old Chinese	/*pre/
English	stele; upright pole of stone or wood
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	碑
Reading #	1/1
No.	377
Phonetic component	卑
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	陂
Old Chinese	/*pre/

Definitions

碑

1. stele (Classifier: 塊／块)

   墓碑  ―  mùbēi  ―  tombstone

   界碑  ―  jièbēi  ―  boundary stone

   紀念碑／纪念碑  ―  jìniànbēi  ―  monument

Compounds

勒碑 化度寺碑 北碑 南碑 口碑 (kǒubēi) 史晨碑 墓碑 (mùbēi) 大碑落 孔宙碑 御碑亭 德政碑 打碑 拓碑 曹全碑 曹娥碑 有口皆碑 (yǒukǒujiēbēi) 李陵碑 界碑 (jièbēi) 石碑 (shíbēi) 碑亭 (bēitíng) 碑帖 (bēitiè) 碑文 (bēiwén) 碑本

碑林 (bēilín) 碑版 碑珓 碑石 (bēishí) 碑碣 (bēijié) 碑穿 碑趺 碑面 神道碑 立碑 魏碑 (wèibēi) 麓山寺碑 里程碑 (lǐchéngbēi) 下馬碑／下马碑 口碑載道／口碑载道 四絕碑／四绝碑 岣嶁碑／岣嵝碑 峴山碑／岘山碑 張猛龍碑／张猛龙碑 張遷碑／张迁碑 李思訓碑／李思训碑 樹碑立傳／树碑立传 沒字碑／没字碑

漢孔宙碑／汉孔宙碑 漢禮器碑／汉礼器碑 無碑記／无碑记 爨寶子碑／爨宝子碑 爨龍顏碑／爨龙颜碑 玄祕塔碑／玄秘塔碑 碑壇／碑坛 碑學／碑学 碑嶺／碑岭 碑記／碑记 (bēijì) 碑誌／碑志 (bēizhì) 碑銘／碑铭 (bēimíng) 碑陰／碑阴 (bēiyīn) 碑額／碑额 (bēi'é) 禮器碑／礼器碑 紀念碑／纪念碑 (jìniànbēi) 臥碑／卧碑 華山碑／华山碑 豐碑／丰碑 (fēngbēi) 顏勤禮碑／颜勤礼碑 顏家廟碑／颜家庙碑 黨籍碑／党籍碑 龍藏寺碑／龙藏寺碑

References

• “碑”, 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–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02849

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Japanese

Shinjitai	碑
Kyūjitai [1]	碑 碑 or 碑+︀?
	碑󠄀 碑+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
	碑󠄃 碑+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

碑

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 碑)

1. gravestone

Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
• Kun: いしぶみ (ishibumi, 碑); えりいし (eriishi, 碑); たていし (tateishi, 碑)

Compounds

• 慰霊碑(いれいひ) (ireihi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
碑
いしぶみ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
碑 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 碑 – see the following entry.

【いしぶみ】 [noun] stone engraved with memorial text

(This term, 碑, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
碑
ひ Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
碑 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひ [hì] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [çi]

Noun

碑(ひ) • (hi) ^{←ひ (fi)?}

1. stone engraved with memorial text

Synonyms

• 石碑(せきひ) (sekihi)
• 碑(いしぶみ) (ishibumi)

References

1. “碑”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

碑: Hán Nôm readings: bi

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