# 佖

| 佖 | U+4F56, &#20310; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F56 |
| ← 何 [U+4F55] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 佗 → [U+4F57] |

## Translingual
### Han character

佖 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人心竹 (OPH), four-corner 2329$_0$, composition ⿰亻必)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 512
* Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 139, character 4
* Unihan data for U+4F56

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 泌 | *mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ |
| 秘 | *mpriɡs |
| 毖 | *priɡs |
| 閟 | *priɡs |
| 柲 | *priɡs, *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ |
| 鉍 | *priɡs, *priɡ |
| 邲 | *priɡs, *bliɡ, *briɡ |
| 覕 | *pliŋs, *mbliːɡ |
| 咇 | *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ |
| 苾 | *bliːɡ, *bliɡ |
| 馝 | *bliːɡ, *bliɡ |
| 飶 | *bliːɡ, *bliɡ |
| 鴓 | *mbliːɡ |
| 鮅 | *pliɡ, *bliɡ |
| 必 | *pliɡ |
| 珌 | *pliɡ |
| 佖 | *bliɡ, *briɡ |
| 駜 | *bliɡ, *briɡ |
| 怭 | *bliɡ |
| 妼 | *bliɡ |
| 宓 | *mriɡ, *mliɡ |
| 樒 | *mriɡ |
| 密 | *mriɡ |
| 蔤 | *mriɡ |
| 滵 | *mriɡ |
| 蜜 | *mliɡ |
| 謐 | *mliɡ |
| 榓 | *mliɡ |
| 淧 | *mliɡ |
| 瑟 | *smriɡ, *smriɡ |
| 璱 | *sriɡ |
| 飋 | *sriɡ |
| 虙 | *blɯɡ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bì (bi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bit$^1$
* 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: bit$^1$
*** Yale: bīt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bit$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bid$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /piːt̚⁵/
* Middle Chinese: bjit, bit
Rime :
| Character | 佖 | 佖 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (48) | 質 (49) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 毗必切 | 房密切 |
| Baxter | bjit | bit |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /biɪt̚/ | /bˠiɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bit̚/ | /bᵚit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bjet̚/ | /biet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bit̚/ | /bjit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /biĕt̚/ | /bjĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭĕt̚/ | /bĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯ĕt̚/ | /bʱi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bí | bí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bat$^6$ | bat$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*bliɡ/, /*briɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 佖 | 佖 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 578 | 588 |
| Phonetic component | 必 | 必 |
| Rime group | 質 | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 邲 | 弼 |
| Old Chinese | /*bliɡ/ | /*briɡ/ |

### Definitions

佖
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dignified (according to Shuowen); undignified (according to later commentators)
* (literary) to spread out; to fill

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* dignified
* undignified; lacking in dignity
* fill, line up

#### Readings

* Go-on: びち (bichi)
* Kan-on: ひつ (hitsu)
* Kun: ただしい (tadashii, 佖しい)、ならぶ (narabu, 佖ぶ)
* Nanori: みつ (mitsu)

## Korean
### Hanja

佖 • (pil) (hangeul 필, revised pil, McCune–Reischauer p'il)
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