# 媲

| 媲 | U+5AB2, &#23218; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AB2 |
| ← 媱 [U+5AB1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 媳 → [U+5AB3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

媲 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女竹田心 (VHWP), four-corner 4641$_1$, composition ⿰女𣬉)

### Further reading

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 268, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6571
* Dae Jaweon: page 535, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1072, character 7
* Unihan data for U+5AB2

## 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 *pʰiːs) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 𣬉.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pì (pi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bei$^2$ / pei$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): bê
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): pi$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** 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$^2$ / pei$^3$
*** Yale: béi / pei
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bei$^2$ / pei$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: béi$^2$ / péi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pei̯³⁵/, /pʰei̯³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bê
*** Sinological IPA : /pɛi²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pi$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phì
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: phejH
Rime :
| Character | 媲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 匹詣切 |
| Baxter | phejH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰei$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰei$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰɛi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰɛj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰei$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰiei$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pʰiei$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pai$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰiːs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 媲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 503 |
| Phonetic component | 比 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 媲 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰiːs/ |

### Definitions

媲
* to marry, to match
* to equal
* to compare

### Compounds

* 像媲美
* 媲偶
* 媲美 (pìměi)

### References

* “媲”, 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–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): へい (hei)、ひ (hi)、び (bi)
* Kun: つれあい (tsureai)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

媲: Hán Nôm readings: tỉ
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#### References

* Nom Foundation