篦

篦	U+7BE6, 篦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7BE6

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CJK Unified Ideographs

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Translingual

Han character

篦 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹田心 (HHWP), four-corner 8871₁, composition ⿱𥫗𣬉)

References

KangXi: page 895, character 4

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26356

Dae Jaweon: page 1322, character 6

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3002, character 1

Unihan data for U+7BE6

Chinese

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 *piː, *bis) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 𣬉 ().

Pronunciation 1

trad.		篦
simp. ^#		篦
2nd round simp.		芘

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): bei⁶, bei^6-2, bai¹
(Taishan, Wiktionary): bei⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): pi⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pi
(Meixian, Guangdong): bi⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): bi³
Min Bei (KCR): bī
Min Dong (BUC): bê
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): pì / pìn
(Teochew, Peng'im): bi³ / bing³
Wu (Wiktionary): pi (T1)
Xiang (Wiktionary): bei⁵

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: bei⁶, bei^6-2, bai¹
  - Yale: beih, béi, bāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶, bei^6-2, bai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶, béi^6-2, bei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²²/, /pei̯²²⁻³⁵/, /pɐi̯⁵⁵/

Note:

bei6-2 - “fine-toothed comb”;
bai1 - rare.

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: bei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: pi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pi
  - Hakka Romanization System: bi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pi⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pi⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: bi³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pi⁴⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛi²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì
  - Tâi-lô: pì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pi²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pìn
  - Tâi-lô: pìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pixn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pin¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /pin²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bi³ / bing³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pì / pìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹³/, /piŋ²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: pi (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: bei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pe̞i²¹/

Middle Chinese: /pei/

Rime
Character	篦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	邊兮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pei/
Pan Wuyun	/pei/
Shao Rongfen	/pɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɛj/
Li Rong	/pei/
Wang Li	/piei/
Bernard Karlgren	/piei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bai¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*piː/, /*bis/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	篦	篦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	498	541
Phonetic component	比	比
Rime group	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	豍	鼻
Old Chinese	/*piː/	/*bis/
Notes	古作比	古作比

Definitions

篦

fine-toothed comb
to comb with a fine-toothed comb
^† (historical) a kind of ornament on ancient flags
^† (historical) Alternative form of 鎞／𫔇 (bī, “a blade-like tool used to treat eye diseases in ancient times”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 篦子 (“double-edged fine-toothed comb”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		䇫, 篦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		篦子
Mandarin	Beijing	篦子
	Taiwan	篦子
	Langfang	篦子
	Tangshan	篦子
	Cangzhou	篦子
	Baoding	篦子
	Shijiazhuang	篦子
	Daming	篦子
	Yantai (Muping)	篦子
	Wanrong	刨蝨子
	Zhengzhou	刮頭篦子
	Xi'an	篦子
	Guiyang	篦子
	Yangzhou	篦子
	Nanjing	篦子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	篦, 頭篦, 梳篦
Cantonese	Taishan	梳篦
Gan	Nanchang	篦子
	Lichuan	篦
	Pingxiang	篦甲
Hakka	Meixian	篦仔
	Yudu	篦梳
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	篦仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	篦仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	篦仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	篦
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	篦仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	篦子
Huizhou	Jixi	篦
Jin	Taiyuan	刮蝨子, 篦梳, 篦子
	Pingyao	篦梳
	Zhangjiakou	篦子
	Handan	篦子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	篦仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	篦梳
Min Nan	Xiamen	蝨篦
	Quanzhou	蝨篦
	Zhangzhou	蝨篦
	Taipei	蝨篦
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蝨篦
	Kaohsiung	蝨篦
	Yilan	蝨篦
	Changhua (Lukang)	蝨篦
	Taichung	蝨篦
	Tainan	蝨篦
	Hsinchu	蝨篦
	Kinmen	蝨篦
	Penghu (Magong)	蝨篦
	Shantou	篦
Wu	Shanghai	篦䇫
	Shanghai (Chongming)	編䇫
	Suzhou	篦䇫
	Danyang	篦子, 篦梳
	Ningbo	篦䇫
	Wenzhou	篦䇫
	Jinhua	篦䇫
Xiang	Loudi	篦子

Compounds

梳篦 (shūbì)
竹篦
篦子 (bìzi)
篦梳

篦櫛／篦栉
篦節／篦节
篦頭／篦头
篦頭師傅／篦头师傅

蝨篦／虱篦
鈿頭雲篦／钿头云篦
雲篦／云篦

Descendants

→ Korean: 빗 (bit, “comb”)

Pronunciation 2

trad.		篦
simp. ^#		篦

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pí (pi²)
(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ

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/

Definitions

篦

^† Alternative form of 笓 (pí, “bamboo trap for prawns”).
^† (historical) an ancient instrument of torture used to inflict blows
^† stem and leaves of a plant

Japanese

Kanji

篦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

spatula

Readings

On (unclassified): へい (hei)
Kun: へら (hera, 篦); の (no, 篦)

Korean

Hanja

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

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