霹

霹

霹 U+9739, 霹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9739 ← 霸 [U+9738] CJK Unified Ideographs 霺 → [U+973A]

Translingual

Han character

霹 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+13, 21 strokes, cangjie input 一月尸口十 (MBSRJ), four-corner 1064₁, composition ⿱雨辟)

References

• KangXi: page 1379, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42491
• Dae Jaweon: page 1888, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4080, character 2
• Unihan data for U+9739

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Chinese

trad.		霹
simp. #		霹

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pī (pi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pik¹
• Min Nan (POJ): phiak / phek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pī
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹
    • Yale: pī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pik¹
    • Yale: pīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: pig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiak
    • Tâi-lô: phiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek
    • Tâi-lô: phik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pheg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: /pʰek̚/

Rime
Character	霹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	青 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	普擊切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/pʰek̚/
Wang Li	/pʰiek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pik1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰeːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	霹
Reading #	1/1
No.	692
Phonetic component	辟
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	霹
Old Chinese	/*pʰeːɡ/
Notes	古作闢歴

Definitions

霹

1. Used in 霹靂／霹雳 (pīlì).
2. of thunder, to strike

Compounds

霹空 霹雷 (pīléi) 晴天霹靂／晴天霹雳 (qíngtiānpīlì) 焦霹靂／焦霹雳 霹誣／霹诬 霹靂／霹雳 (pīlì) 霹靂之聲／霹雳之声

霹靂小組／霹雳小组 霹靂尖／霹雳尖 霹靂引／霹雳引 霹靂弦／霹雳弦 霹靂戰／霹雳战 霹靂手／霹雳手 霹靂火／霹雳火

霹靂炮／霹雳炮 霹靂舞／霹雳舞 (pīlìwǔ) 霹靂行動／霹雳行动 霹靂袋／霹雳袋 霹靂說／霹雳说 霹靂車／霹雳车 青天霹靂／青天霹雳

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Japanese

Kanji

霹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ひゃく (hyaku)
• Kan-on: へき (heki)
• Kun: はためく (hatameku, 霹めく)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 霹 (MC pʰek̚).

Historical readings
Recorded as Middle Korean 펵〮 (Yale: phyék) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. 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霹 (eumhun 벼락 벽 (byeorak byeok))

1. Hanja form^? of 벽 (“thunder”).

Compounds

• 벽력 (霹靂, byeongnyeok, “thunder; bolt”)
• 청천벽력 (靑天霹靂, cheongcheonbyeongnyeok, “bolt from the blue”)

References

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