# 坒

| 坒 | U+5752, &#22354; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5752 |
| ← 坑 [U+5751] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 坓 → [U+5753] |

## Translingual
### Han character

坒 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 心心土 (PPG), four-corner 2110$_4$, composition ⿱比土)

### Further reading

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 226, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4933
* Dae Jaweon: page 461, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 422, character 8
* Unihan data for U+5752

## 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 *bis, *biɡ) : phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ) + semantic 土 (“earth”).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bì (bi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bai$^6$ / bei$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pī
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bì
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bì
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^4$
*** Yale: bì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bai$^6$ / bei$^2$
*** Yale: baih / béi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bai$^6$ / bei$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bei$^6$ / béi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐi̯²²/, /pei̯³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī
*** Tâi-lô: pī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pi
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pi²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pi³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi³³/
* Middle Chinese: bjijH, bjit
Rime :
| Character | 坒 | 坒 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) | 質 (48) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 毗至切 | 毗必切 |
| Baxter | bjijH | bjit |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /biɪ$^H$/ | /biɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bi$^H$/ | /bit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bjɪ$^H$/ | /bjet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bi$^H$/ | /bit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /bi$^H$/ | /biĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /bi$^H$/ | /bĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱi$^H$/ | /bʱi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bì | bí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bei$^6$ | bat$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*bis/, /*biɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 坒 | 坒 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 544 | 548 |
| Phonetic component | 比 | 比 |
| Rime group | 脂 | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鼻 | 邲 |
| Old Chinese | /*bis/ | /*biɡ/ |

#### Definitions

坒
* to connect

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 坒 – see 陛 (“flight of steps; steps leading to the throne in a palace”). (This character is a variant form of 陛).

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 坒 – see 壁 (“wall; partition; rampart; defensive wall; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 壁).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ひ (hi)、び (bi)
* Kun: きじはし (kijihashi)

## Korean
### Hanja

坒 (eum 비 (bi))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

坒: Hán Nôm readings: bệ
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