# 庇

| 庇 | U+5E87, &#24199; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E87 |
| ← 庆 [U+5E86] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 庈 → [U+5E88] |

## Translingual
### Han character

庇 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈心心 (IPP) or 難戈心心 (XIPP), four-corner 0021$_1$, composition ⿸广比)

#### Derived characters

* 𠉆, 𠳓, 䊌, 𫈋, 𭙮

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 343, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9239
* Dae Jaweon: page 653, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 874, character 5
* Unihan data for U+5E87

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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／形声, OC *pis) : semantic 广 (“house that is built to depend on a cliff”) + phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bì, pì (bi$^4$, pi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ, ㄆㄧˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bei$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): bei$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): pi$^1$ / bi$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): bi̿ / bṳ̿
* Eastern Min (BUC): bé
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pì
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bi$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$phi
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): pi$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bì
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bì
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^4$
*** Yale: bì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, common variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pì
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pì
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^4$
*** Yale: pì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
*** Palladius: пи (pi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bei$^3$
*** Yale: bei
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bei$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: béi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pei̯³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: bei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pei³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pi
*** Hakka Romanization System: bi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pi⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: pi$^1$ / bi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁴⁴/, /pi⁴⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bi̿ / bṳ̿
*** Sinological IPA : /pi³³/, /py³³/
* bi̿ - literary;
* bṳ̿ - vernacular (“to bury”).
* Middle Chinese: pjijH
Rime :
| Character | 庇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 必至切 |
| Baxter | pjijH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /piɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pjɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pi$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bei$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pij/, /*pij-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pis/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 庇 | 庇 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bì | bì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pjij › | ‹ pjij$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*pij/ | /*pij-s/ |
| English | cover; protect | cover; protect |
| 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 | 庇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 519 |
| Phonetic component | 比 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 痹 |
| Old Chinese | /*pis/ |

### Definitions

庇
* to cover; to shield; to shelter; to protect
* (Northern Min) to bury

#### Usage notes

Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation pì.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 埋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 埋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 埋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 埋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 埋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 埋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 埋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 埋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 埋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 埋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 埋, 壅 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 埋, 壅 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 埋 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 埋 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 埋 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 埋 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 庇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 埋 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 坮, 埋 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 坮 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 坮 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 坮 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 坮, 䃭 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 坮, 䃭 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 坮, 䃭 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 坮 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 坮 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 埋 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 塸 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 埋 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 埋, 聾 |

### Compounds

* 佑庇
* 依庇
* 保庇
* 包庇
* 周庇
* 外交庇護／外交庇护
* 大庇
* 存庇
* 宇庇
* 容庇
* 庇佑 (bìyòu)
* 庇依
* 庇借
* 庇冒
* 庇庥
* 庇廕／庇荫
* 庇短
* 庇翼
* 庇蔭／庇荫 (bìyìn)
* 庇藏
* 庇衛／庇卫
* 庇覆
* 庇託／庇托
* 庇護／庇护
* 庇護權／庇护权
* 庇賴／庇赖
* 庇身
* 庇陰／庇阴
* 庥庇
* 廕庇／荫庇 (yìnbì)
* 影庇
* 徇庇
* 德庇
* 托庇 (tuōbì)
* 掩庇
* 援庇
* 政治庇護／政治庇护 (zhèngzhì bìhù)
* 曲庇
* 棲庇／栖庇
* 榮庇／荣庇
* 洪庇
* 照庇
* 營庇／营庇
* 祝庇
* 祐庇
* 福庇
* 私庇
* 竊庇／窃庇
* 蒙庇
* 蔭庇／荫庇 (yìnbì)
* 袒庇
* 覆庇 (fùbì)
* 覆庇之恩
* 託庇／托庇 (tuōbì)
* 護庇／护庇
* 賄庇／贿庇
* 週庇／周庇
* 遮庇
* 門庇／门庇
* 陰庇／阴庇
* 障庇
* 隱庇／隐庇
* 雨庇
* 霣庇／𫕥庇
* 鴻庇／鸿庇
* 黨庇／党庇
* 鼎庇

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ひ (hi)
* Kan-on: ひ (hi)
* Kun: おおう (ōu)、かばう (kabau, 庇う)、ひさし (hisashi, 庇)

## Korean
### Hanja

庇 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi)
* cover, shield, shelter, protect

## Vietnamese
### Han character

庇: Hán Nôm readings: tí
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