# 僻

| 僻 | U+50FB, &#20731; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50FB |
| ← 僺 [U+50FA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 僼 → [U+50FC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

僻 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人尸口十 (OSRJ), four-corner 2024$_1$, composition ⿰亻辟)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 118, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1166
* Dae Jaweon: page 250, character 24
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 229, character 5
* Unihan data for U+50FB

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 僻
* Small seal scripts05842Transcribed ancient scriptsL28539L28540L28541
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | Old Chinese |
| 嬖 | *peːɡs |
| 薜 | *beːɡs, *preːɡ |
| 鐾 | *beːɡs |
| 臂 | *peɡs |
| 譬 | *pʰeɡs |
| 避 | *beɡs |
| 檗 | *preːɡ |
| 擘 | *preːɡ |
| 糪 | *preːɡ, *pʰreːɡ |
| 掰 | *preːɡ |
| 繴 | *breːɡ, *peːɡ |
| 辟 | *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ |
| 璧 | *peɡ |
| 鐴 | *peɡ |
| 躄 | *peɡ |
| 襞 | *peɡ |
| 僻 | *pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ |
| 癖 | *pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ |
| 廦 | *pʰeɡ, *peːɡ |
| 擗 | *beɡ |
| 躃 | *beɡ |
| 闢 | *beɡ |
| 壁 | *peːɡ |
| 鼊 | *peːɡ |
| 霹 | *pʰeːɡ |
| 劈 | *pʰeːɡ |
| 澼 | *pʰeːɡ |
| 憵 | *pʰeːɡ |
| 甓 | *beːɡ |
| 鷿 | *beːɡ |
| 幦 | *mbeːɡ |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pì (pi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pik$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): piáh / piéh / pék
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pia$^5$ / pih$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phiah / phiak / phek
    (Teochew, Peng'im): piah$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$phiq
* 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: pik$^1$
*** Yale: pīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɪk̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: piáh / piéh / pék
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiɑʔ²⁴/, /pʰiɛʔ²⁴/, /pʰɛiʔ²⁴/
* piáh, piéh - vernacular;
* pék - literary.
* Middle Chinese: phjiek, phek
Rime :
| Character | 僻 | 僻 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 昔 (123) | 錫 (127) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 芳辟切 | 普擊切 |
| Baxter | phjiek | phek |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰiᴇk̚/ | /pʰek̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰiɛk̚/ | /pʰek̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰiæk̚/ | /pʰɛk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰiajk̚/ | /pʰɛjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰiɛk̚/ | /pʰek̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰĭɛk̚/ | /pʰiek̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰi̯ɛk̚/ | /pʰiek̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pi | pi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pik$^1$ | pik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰek/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰeɡ/, /*pʰeːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 僻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | pì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ phjiek › |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰek/ |
| English | perverse |
| 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 | 僻 | 僻 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 680 | 697 |
| Phonetic component | 辟 | 辟 |
| Rime group | 錫 | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 僻 | 霹 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰeɡ/ | /*pʰeːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

僻
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to avoid; to evade
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) unorthodox
* remote; out of the way
    偏僻 ― piānpì ― remote; out of the way
    荒僻 ― huāngpì ― desolate
* uncommon; rare
    生僻 ― shēngpì ― uncommon; rare (characters, words, etc.)
    僻字 ― pìzì ― rare characters
* eccentric; odd; peculiar
    孤僻 ― gūpì ― peculiar; eccentric
* (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) codewords used in certain professions or gangs

##### Compounds

* 乖僻 (guāipì)
* 偏僻 (piānpì)
* 僻事
* 僻儒
* 僻典
* 僻地 (pìdì)
* 僻壤 (pìrǎng)
* 僻壤窮鄉 / 僻壤穷乡
* 僻巷 (pìxiàng)
* 僻格剌子
* 僻淨 / 僻净
* 僻然
* 僻處 / 僻处
* 僻處一方 / 僻处一方
* 僻見 / 僻见
* 僻路
* 僻道
* 僻遠 / 僻远 (pìyuǎn)
* 僻陋
* 僻靜 / 僻静 (pìjìng)
* 冷僻 (lěngpì)
* 孤僻 (gūpì)
* 怪僻 (guàipì)
* 摘僻
* 放誕詭僻 / 放诞诡僻
* 生僻 (shēngpì)
* 窮山僻壤 / 穷山僻壤
* 窮鄉僻壤 / 穷乡僻壤 (qióngxiāngpìrǎng)
* 荒僻 (huāngpì)
* 邪僻 (xiépì)
* 鄉僻 / 乡僻
* 靜僻 / 静僻

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bèi (bei$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bui$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bèi
*** Wade–Giles: pei$^4$
*** Yale: bèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bey
*** Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /peɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bui$^6$
*** Yale: buih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bui$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bui$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /puːi̯²²/

#### Definitions

僻
* Alternative form of 背 (“remote; secluded; out-of-the-way”)

##### Compounds

* 僻角
* 僻靜 / 僻静 (pìjìng)

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00247
* “僻”, 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): へき (heki)、ひ (hi)、へい (hei)
* Kun: ひがむ (higamu, 僻む)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 僻 (MC phjiek|phek). Recorded as Middle Korean 벽 (pyek) (Yale: pyek) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [pjʌ̹k̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [벽]

### Hanja

Wikisource 僻 (eumhun 후미질 벽 (humijil byeok))
* hanja form of 벽 (“remote; out of the way”)
* hanja form of 벽 (“uncommon; rare”)

#### Compounds

* 괴벽 (乖僻, goebyeok)
* 벽자 (僻字, byeokja, “a rare Chinese character”)
* 벽지 (僻地, byeokji)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

僻: Hán Nôm readings: tịch
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#### References

* Nom Foundation