# 稗

| 稗 | U+7A17, &#31255; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A17 |
| ← 稖 [U+7A16] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 稘 → [U+7A18] |

## Translingual
### Han character

稗 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹木竹田十 (HDHWJ), four-corner 2694$_0$, composition ⿰禾卑)
* darnels, weeds, tares small(clarification of this definition is needed)

#### Derived characters

* 薭, 𮆛

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 855, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25113
* Dae Jaweon: page 1280, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2613, character 11
* Unihan data for U+7A17

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 捭 | *preːʔ |
| 牌 | *breː, *breː |
| 郫 | *breː, *bre, *be |
| 蠯 | *breː, *be, *breːŋʔ |
| 猈 | *breːʔ, *breː |
| 稗 | *breːs |
| 粺 | *breːs |
| 𥱼 | *breː |
| 豍 | *peː |
| 箄 | *peː, *pe, *peʔ |
| 錍 | *pʰeː, *pe |
| 睥 | *pʰeːs |
| 渒 | *pʰeːs, *pe |
| 鼙 | *beː |
| 鞞 | *beː, *pe, *peʔ, *peːŋʔ |
| 椑 | *beː, *pe, *beɡ, *beːɡ |
| 崥 | *beː, *peʔ |
| 髀 | *beːʔ, *peʔ, *piʔ |
| 卑 | *pe |
| 鵯 | *pe, *pʰiɡ |
| 裨 | *pe, *be |
| 痺 | *pe |
| 碑 | *pre |
| 婢 | *peʔ, *beʔ |
| 諀 | *pʰeʔ |
| 脾 | *be |
| 埤 | *be |
| 陴 | *be |
| 蜱 | *be, *mbew |
| 焷 | *be |
| 螷 | *be, *breːŋʔ |
| 庳 | *beʔ |
| 琕 | *biːŋ |
| 萆 | *beɡ, *slɯʔ |
| 綼 | *biɡ, *peːɡ |

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ras (“rice, fruit, to bear fruit, round object”) (STEDT).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bài (bai$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bai$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bai$^6$ / bai$^{6-2}$ / baai$^6$ / pei$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): pai$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): pa$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): phai
    (Meixian, Guangdong): kuai$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): bai$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): pāi
* Eastern Min (BUC): pá̤ / bâi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phōe / phē / phǒe / pāi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): poin$^7$ / poi$^7$ / bi$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ba
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ba$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bài
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bài
*** Wade–Giles: pai$^4$
*** Yale: bài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bay
*** Palladius: бай (baj)
*** Sinological IPA : /paɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: bai$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bai
*** Sinological IPA : /pai²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bai$^6$ / bai$^{6-2}$ / baai$^6$ / pei$^4$
*** Yale: baih / bái / baaih / pèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bai$^6$ / bai$^{6-2}$ / baai$^6$ / pei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bei$^6$ / bei$^{6-2}$ / bai$^6$ / péi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐi̯²²/, /pɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/, /paːi̯²²/, /pʰei̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: pai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰai²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: pa$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰa¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phai
*** Hakka Romanization System: pai
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰai̯⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: kuai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰuaɪ⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: bai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pai⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pāi
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰai⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: pá̤ / bâi
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɑ²¹³/, /pɑi²⁴²/
* pá̤ - vernacular;
* bâi - literary.
* Middle Chinese: beaH
Rime :
| Character | 稗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 佳 (31) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 傍卦切 |
| Baxter | beaH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bˠɛ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bᵚæ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bæi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /baɨj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /bɛ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /bai$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱai$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bài |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | baai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[b]ˤre-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*breːs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 稗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bài |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bɛ$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.[b]ˁre-s/ |
| English | weed resembling grain |
| 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 | 稗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 353 |
| Phonetic component | 卑 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 粺 |
| Old Chinese | /*breːs/ |

### Definitions

稗
* barnyard grass; barnyard millet
* (literary) insignificant; unofficial
    清稗類鈔／清稗类钞 ― Qīng bài lèi chāo ― Record of Petty Qing Anomalies [zh]

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 稗子, 稗, 稗草 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 稗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 稗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 稗子, 稗草 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 稗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 稗子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 稗子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 稗子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 稗子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 稗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 稗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 稗草 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 稗子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 稗子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 稗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 稗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 稗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 毛稗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 稗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 稗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 稗, 稗仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 稗子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 稗草 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 稗仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 稗子 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 稗子 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 稗草 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 稗仔 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 稗仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 稗子 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 稗仔, 草子 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 稗子 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 稗草 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 稗子 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 稗仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 稗仔 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 稗子 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 野禾 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 稗仔 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 稗仔 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 稗 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 稗子 |
| Cantonese | Rongxian | 鶴草 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 稗子 |
| Gan | Pengze | 稗子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 稗子, 稗草 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 稗子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 快仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 稗哩 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 稗 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 稗 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 稗 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 稗子 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 稗哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 稗哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 稗哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 稗哩 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 稗草 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 稗 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 稗 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 稗仔 |
| Hakka | Changting | 稗草 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 稗草 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 稗草 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 稗草 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 稗 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 稗生 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 稗 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 稗 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 稗草 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 稗草 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 稗仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 稗仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 稗仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 稗仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 稗仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 稗仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 稗仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 稗仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 稗 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 稗仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 稗 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 稗子 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 快子 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 稗, 蘇渺草 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 快仔 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 稗草 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 稗 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 稗草 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 稗子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 稗子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 稗子 |
| Jin | Handan | 稗子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 稗 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 稗, 稗草 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 稗 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 稗仔, 稗 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 稗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 稗仔, 稗 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 稗 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 稗仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 稗仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 稗仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 稗仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 稗仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 稗仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 粙仔稗 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 稗仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 稗仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 稗仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 稗仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 稗仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 稗仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 稗仔草 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 大窟草, 稗仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 稗仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 稗 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 稗 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 稗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 稗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 稗 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 稗 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 稗 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 稗 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 稗子, 草子 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 稗子 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 稗 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 稗草 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 稗草子, 稗子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 稗子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 稗草子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 稗草 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 稗草 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 稗草 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 稗 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 稗子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 稗子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 稗子 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 稗崽 |

### Compounds

* 水稗
* 秕稗
* 稊稗
* 稗仔
* 稗史
* 稗子 (bàizi)
* 稗官 (bàiguān)
* 稗官小說 / 稗官小说 (bàiguānxiǎoshuō)
* 稗官野史 (bàiguānyěshǐ)
* 稗沙門 / 稗沙门
* 稗海
* 稗米
* 稗草
* 稗販 / 稗贩

### References

* “稗”, 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)
* barnyardgrass, Japanese barnyard millet
* small, minor
* sundry

#### Readings

* Go-on: べ (be)
* Kan-on: はい (hai)
* Kun: ひえ (hie)

#### Compounds

* 稗官(はいかん) (haikan)
* 稗史(はいし) (haishi)
* 裨益(ひえき) (hieki)
* 稗粒種(ひりゅうしゅ) (hiryūshu)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 稗
* ひえ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 穇

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ひえ [híꜜè] (Atamadaka –)
* (Tokyo) ひえ [hìéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
* IPA: [çie̞]

### Noun

稗(ひえ) or 稗(ヒエ) • (hie)
* Japanese barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta)

#### Usage notes

* As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

#### Derived terms

* 唐人稗(とうじんびえ) (tōjinbie)
* 四国稗(しこくびえ) (shikokubie)
* 雀(すずめ)の稗(ひえ) (suzumenohie)

#### Idioms

* 豆(まめ)を植(う)えて稗(ひえ)を得(え)る (mame o uete hie o eru, “to do something expecting good results, instead getting bad results”)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

稗 (eum 패 (pae))
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