稗

稗

稗 U+7A17, 稗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A17 ← 稖 [U+7A16] CJK Unified Ideographs 稘 → [U+7A18]

Translingual

Han character

稗 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹木竹田十 (HDHWJ), four-corner 2694₀, composition ⿰禾卑)

1. darnels, weeds, tares small

References

• KangXi: page 855, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25113
• Dae Jaweon: page 1280, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2613, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7A17

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		稗
alternative forms		粺／稗

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

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ras (“rice, fruit, to bear fruit, round object”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bài (bai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bai⁶, baai⁶, pei⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phai
• Min Nan (POJ): phōe / phē / phǒe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bài
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bài
    • Wade–Giles: pai⁴
    • Yale: bài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bay
    • Palladius: бай (baj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bai⁶, baai⁶, pei⁴
    • Yale: baih, baaih, pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bai⁶, baai⁶, pei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bei⁶, bai⁶, péi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯²²/, /paːi̯²²/, /pʰei̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phai
    • Hakka Romanization System: pai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰai̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phōe
    • Tâi-lô: phuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoe
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen): /pʰue²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phē
    • Tâi-lô: phē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phe
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /pʰe³³/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phǒe
    • Tâi-lô: phuě
    • IPA (Lukang): /pʰue³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /bˠɛ^H/

Rime
Character	稗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	傍卦切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠɛH/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚæH/
Shao Rongfen	/bæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjH/
Li Rong	/bɛH/
Wang Li	/baiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱaiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[b]ˤre-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*breːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	稗
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bài
Middle Chinese	‹ bɛH ›
Old Chinese	/*C.[b]ˁre-s/
English	weed resembling grain
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	稗
Reading #	1/1
No.	353
Phonetic component	卑
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	粺
Old Chinese	/*breːs/

Definitions

稗

1. tare; barnyard grass; barnyard millet
2. (literary) insignificant; unofficial

Synonyms

• (tare): 稗子 (bàizi), (Min Nan) 稗仔

Compounds

水稗 秕稗 稊稗 稗仔 稗史

稗子 (bàizi) 稗官 (bàiguān) 稗官野史 (bàiguānyěshǐ) 稗海

稗草 稗官小說／稗官小说 (bàiguānxiǎoshuō) 稗沙門／稗沙门 稗販／稗贩

References

• “稗”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

稗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: べ (be)
• Kan-on: はい (hai)
• Kun: ひえ (hie)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
稗
ひえ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

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

【ひえヒエ】 [noun] Japanese barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta) Alternative spellings 稗, 穇, ひえ

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

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Korean

Hanja

稗 (eum 패 (pae))

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