碧

碧

碧 U+78A7, 碧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78A7 ← 碦 [U+78A6] CJK Unified Ideographs 碨 → [U+78A8]

Translingual

Han character

碧 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一日一口 (MAMR), four-corner 1660₁, composition ⿱珀石)

References

• KangXi: page 833, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24334
• Dae Jaweon: page 1249, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2441, character 6
• Unihan data for U+78A7

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		碧

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
怕	*pʰraːɡs, *pʰraːɡ
帕	*pʰraːɡs, *mbraːd
粕	*pʰaːɡ, *pʰraːɡ
胉	*pʰaːɡ
泊	*baːɡ
箔	*baːɡ
魄	*tʰaːɡ, *pʰraːɡ
皕	*prɯɡ
伯	*praːɡ
百	*praːɡ
迫	*praːɡ
敀	*praːɡ, *pʰraːɡ
柏	*praːɡ
湐	*praːɡ
拍	*pʰraːɡ
珀	*pʰraːɡ
皛	*pʰraːɡ, *ɡeːwʔ
洦	*mpʰraːɡ, *mbraːɡ
白	*braːɡ
帛	*braːɡ
舶	*braːɡ
鮊	*braːɡ
陌	*mbraːɡ
帞	*mbraːɡ
袹	*mbraːɡ
蛨	*mbraːɡ
貊	*mbraːɡ
佰	*mbraːɡ
銆	*mbraːɡ
碧	*praɡ, *preɡ
咟	*ɦmreːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *praɡ, *preɡ) : semantic 王 (“jade”) + semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 白 (OC *braːɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): bi²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): bik¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bet²

• Gan (Wiktionary): bit⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pit

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bid⁵

• Jin (Wiktionary): bieh⁴
• Min Bei (KCR): bĭ
• Min Dong (BUC): pék
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): phek / phiak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pêg⁴

• Wu (Wiktionary): piq (T4)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): bi⁶

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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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: bi²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bik¹
    • Yale: bīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bet²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pet̚⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: bit⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pit̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pit
    • Hakka Romanization System: bid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pit̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pit̚¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: bieh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /piəʔ²/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɛiʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek
    • Tâi-lô: phik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pheg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiak
    • Tâi-lô: phiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰek̚²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: piq (T4)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: bi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 碧
Mandarin	Beijing	/pi⁵¹/
	Harbin	/pi⁵³/
	Tianjin	/pi⁵³/
	Jinan	/pi²¹/
	Qingdao	/pi⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/pi³¹²/
	Xi'an	/pi²¹/
	Xining	/pji⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/pi¹³/
	Lanzhou	/pi¹³/
	Ürümqi	/pi²¹³/
	Wuhan	/pi²¹³/
	Chengdu	/pi³¹/
	Guiyang	/pi²¹/
	Kunming	/pi³¹/
	Nanjing	/piʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/piəʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/piəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/piʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/piəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/piɪʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/piəʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/piəʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/pi²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/piʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/pi⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/pi²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/pʰi²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/piʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/pit̚¹/
	Taoyuan	/pit̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/pek̚⁵/
	Nanning	/pek̚⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/pik̚⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/pʰik̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/pʰɛiʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/pi²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/pʰek̚²/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ʔbek̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /pwiᴇk̚/

Rime
Character	碧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	清 (124)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	彼役切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pwiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/piuæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwiajk̚/
Li Rong	/piuɛk̚/
Wang Li	/pĭwɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯wɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*prak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*praɡ/, /*preɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	碧
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bì
Middle Chinese	‹ pjæk ›
Old Chinese	/*prak/
English	light blue
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	碧	碧
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	219	221
Phonetic component	白	白
Rime group	鐸	鐸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	碧	碧
Old Chinese	/*praɡ/	/*preɡ/

Definitions

碧

1. green jade
2. blue-green

Synonyms

• (blue-green):

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Synonyms of 碧

墨綠／墨绿 (mòlǜ) 墨綠色／墨绿色 (mòlǜsè) 深綠／深绿 (shēnlǜ) 濃綠／浓绿 (nónglǜ)

碧綠／碧绿 (bìlǜ) 翠綠／翠绿 (cuìlǜ) 蔥／葱 (cōng) (literary, or in compounds) 金龜綠／金龟绿 (Min Nan)

鈂綠／𬬵绿 (Min Nan) 青綠／青绿 (qīnglǜ) 黛綠／黛绿 (dàilǜ) (literary)

Compounds

一碧 小家碧玉 (xiǎojiābìyù) 澄碧 (chéngbì) 看朱成碧 碧山 碧桃 碧水 (bìshuǐ) 碧池 (bìchí) 碧油油 (bìyóuyóu) 碧波 (bìbō) 碧海 (bìhǎi) 碧海青天 碧清 (bìqīng)

碧溪 碧潭 碧澄 碧澄澄 碧玉 (bìyù) 碧瓦 碧眼 (bìyǎn) 碧空 (bìkōng) 碧空如洗 碧草如茵 碧落 (bìluò) 碧螺春 (bìluóchūn) 碧血 (bìxuè)

碧血丹心 雪碧 (Xuěbì) 碧波萬頃／碧波万顷 碧璽／碧玺 (bìxǐ) 碧綠／碧绿 (bìlǜ) 碧藍／碧蓝 (bìlán) 碧蘿春／碧萝春 金幣山水／金币山水 金碧熒煌／金碧荧煌 金碧輝煌／金碧辉煌 (jīnbìhuīhuáng) 金髮碧眼／金发碧眼 (jīnfàbìyǎn) 雕楹碧檻／雕楹碧槛

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: biếc (“bluish green; azure blue”)

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Japanese

Kanji

碧

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. blue
2. green

Readings

• Go-on: ひゃく (hyaku)
• Kan-on: へき (heki)
• Kun: みどり (midori, 碧); あお (ao, 碧)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 碧 (MC pwiᴇk̚). Recorded as Middle Korean 벽 (pyek) (Yale: pyek) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

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

Hanja

Wikisource碧 (eumhun 푸를 벽 (pureul byeok))

1. Hanja form^? of 벽 (“blue-green”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 단벽 (丹碧, danbyeok)
• 벽안 (碧眼, byeogan)
• 벽옥 (碧玉, byeogok)
• 상전벽해 (桑田碧海, sangjeonbyeokhae)

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

碧: Hán Nôm readings: bích, biếc

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