薜

Translingual

Han character

薜 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 17 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 16 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿尸口十 (TSRJ), four-corner 4464₁ or 4424₁, composition ⿱艹辟)

Derived characters

𭗳, 𭒯, 蘗, 𧄀, 𮓒

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1061, character 24
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32125
Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 19
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3308, character 14
Unihan data for U+859C

Chinese

trad.		薜
simp. ^#		薜
alternative forms		蘗

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *beːɡs, *preːɡ) : semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bai⁶ / bei⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pē

(Teochew, Peng'im): pi³ / pêg⁴

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–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bai⁶ / bei⁶
  - Yale: baih / beih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bai⁶ / bei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bei⁶ / béi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯²²/, /pei̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pē
  - Tâi-lô: pē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pe
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pe²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: pi³ / pêg⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phì / phek
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹³/, /pʰek̚²/

Middle Chinese: bejH

Rime
Character	薜
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	蒲計切
Baxter	bejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/bei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/bɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɛj^H/
Li Rong	/bei^H/
Wang Li	/biei^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱiei^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bai⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*beːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薜
Reading #	1/2
No.	663
Phonetic component	辟
Rime group	賜
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	薜
Old Chinese	/*beːɡs/

Definitions

薜

Used in 薜荔 (bìlì) and 薜羅／薜罗.
^‡ type of grass
a surname.

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bò (bo⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bò
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bò
  - Wade–Giles: po⁴
  - Yale: bwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boh
  - Palladius: бо (bo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: baak³
  - Yale: baak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³/

Middle Chinese: peak

Rime
Character	薜
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	麥 (119)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	博厄切
Baxter	peak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/pɛk̚/
Wang Li	/pæk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*preːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薜
Reading #	2/2
No.	670
Phonetic component	辟
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	檗
Old Chinese	/*preːɡ/

Definitions

薜

Angelica sinensis (type of medicinal herb)
Synonym: 當歸／当归 (dāngguī)
mountain hemp (Ribes manshuricum)

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bó (bo²)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bó
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bó
  - Wade–Giles: po²
  - Yale: bwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
  - Palladius: бо (bo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/

Definitions

薜

Alternative form of 劈 (“to rupture”)

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bài (bai⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˋ

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/

Definitions

薜

^‡ type of aquatic plant

Pronunciation 5

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pì (pi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pì
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pì
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi⁴
  - Yale: pì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
  - Palladius: пи (pi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹/

Definitions

薜

Alternative form of 僻 (“remote; secluded”)

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03573
“薜”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

薜

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: ばい (bai)、ひゃく (hyaku)
Kan-on: はく (haku)、へい (hei)
On: へき (heki)
Kun: とうき (tōki)、やまあさ (yamaasa, 薜あさ)、かたよる (katayoru)

Korean

Hanja

薜 • (byeok, pye) (hangeul 벽, 폐, revised byeok, pye, McCune–Reischauer pyŏk, p'ye, Yale pyek, phyey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

薜: Hán Nôm readings: bệ

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References

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