# 鈹

| 鈹 | U+9239, &#37433; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9239 |
| ← 鈸 [U+9238] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鈺 → [U+923A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鈹 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金木竹水 (CDHE), four-corner 8414$_7$, composition ⿰釒皮)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1300, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40272
* Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4192, character 6
* Unihan data for U+9239

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 陂 | *pral, *prals |
| 詖 | *pral, *prals |
| 彼 | *pralʔ |
| 柀 | *pralʔ |
| 佊 | *pralʔ, *prals |
| 貱 | *prals |
| 跛 | *prals, *paːlʔ |
| 披 | *pʰral, *pʰralʔ |
| 鈹 | *pʰral |
| 帔 | *pʰral, *pʰrals |
| 鮍 | *pʰral |
| 耚 | *pʰral |
| 狓 | *pʰral |
| 翍 | *pʰral |
| 旇 | *pʰral, *brals |
| 秛 | *pʰral, *pʰrals |
| 紴 | *pʰralʔ, *paːl |
| 皮 | *bral |
| 疲 | *bral |
| 被 | *bralʔ, *brals |
| 髲 | *brals |
| 鞁 | *brals |
| 骳 | *mbralʔ |
| 波 | *paːl |
| 碆 | *paːl, *baːl |
| 菠 | *paːl |
| 簸 | *paːlʔ, *paːls |
| 駊 | *paːlʔ, *pʰaːlʔ |
| 頗 | *pʰaːl, *pʰaːlʔ, *pʰaːls |
| 坡 | *pʰaːl |
| 玻 | *pʰaːl |
| 破 | *pʰaːls |
| 婆 | *baːl |
| 蔢 | *baːl |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰral) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 皮.

### Etymology 1

* 鈹
From New Latin beryllium.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pí (pi$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pei$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phì
* Eastern Min (BUC): pì
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): puê$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$bi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pí
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pí
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^2$
*** Yale: pí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
*** Palladius: пи (pi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pei$^4$
*** Yale: pèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: péi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰei̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phì
*** Hakka Romanization System: pi$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰi¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: pì
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phî
*** Tâi-lô: phî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰi²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: puê$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phuê
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰue⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$bi
*** MiniDict: bi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$bi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bi²³/

#### Definitions

鈹
* (chemistry) beryllium

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pī (pi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pei$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phi
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$phi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pī
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pi
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^1$
*** Yale: pī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi
*** Palladius: пи (pi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pei$^1$
*** Yale: pēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: péi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰei̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phi
*** Tâi-lô: phi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$phi
*** MiniDict: phi$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$phi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰi⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: phje
Rime :
| Character | 鈹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (13) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 敷羈切 |
| Baxter | phje |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰˠiᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰᵚiɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰiɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰjiə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰje/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰǐe/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pʰie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pei$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰral/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鈹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9699 |
| Phonetic component | 皮 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鈹 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰral/ |

#### Definitions

鈹
* (traditional Chinese medicine) long stone needle used for acupuncture
* (historical) a kind of ancient weapon (a double-edged sword, mounted on a long stick to use for close combat like a long spear during the pre-Qin era)

#### Compounds

* 鈹滑／铍滑

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* matte: the molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals

#### Readings

* Go-on: ひ (hi)
* Kan-on: ひ (hi)
* Kun: かわ (kawa, 鈹)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 鈹
* かわ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
Cognate with 皮 (kawa, “skin, rind”) and 革 (kawa, “leather”), from the way the matte may form a skin over the surface of the metal being smelted.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かわ [kàwáꜜ] (Odaka –)
* IPA: [ka̠β̞a̠]

### Noun

鈹(かわ) • (kawa)
* matte: the molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

鈹 • (pi) (hangeul 피, McCune–Reischauer p'i, Yale phi)
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