# 薜

| 薜 | U+859C, &#34204; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-859C |
| ← 薛 [U+859B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 薝 → [U+859D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

薜 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 17 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 16 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿尸口十 (TSRJ), four-corner 4464$_1$ or 4424$_1$, composition ⿱艹辟)

#### Derived characters

* 𭗳, 𭒯, 蘗, 𧄀, 𮓒

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1061, character 24
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32125
* Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 19
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3308, character 14
* Unihan data for U+859C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 薜
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *beːɡs, *preːɡ): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bì (bi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bai$^6$ / bei$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pē
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pi$^3$ / pêg$^4$
* 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$^6$
*** Yale: baih / beih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bai$^6$ / bei$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bei$^6$ / béi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐi̯²²/, /pei̯²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pē
*** Tâi-lô: pē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pe
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pe²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pi$^3$ / pêg$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phì / phek
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi²¹³/, /pʰek̚²/
* Middle Chinese: bejH
Rime :
| Character | 薜 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 蒲計切 |
| Baxter | bejH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bei$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bei$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bɛi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bɛj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /bei$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /biei$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱiei$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*beːɡs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 薜 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 663 |
| Phonetic component | 辟 |
| Rime group | 賜 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 薜 |
| Old Chinese | /*beːɡs/ |

#### Definitions

薜
* Used in 薜荔 (bìlì) and 薜羅／薜罗.
* (historical dictionaries only) type of grass
* a surname

##### Compounds

* 薜帶 / 薜带
* 薜戶 / 薜户
* 薜羅 / 薜罗
* 薜荔 (bìlì)
* 薜衣

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bò (bo$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baak$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bò
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bò
*** Wade–Giles: po$^4$
*** Yale: bwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boh
*** Palladius: бо (bo)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baak$^3$
*** Yale: baak
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baak$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bag$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːk̚³/
* Middle Chinese: peak
Rime :
| Character | 薜 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 麥 (119) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 博厄切 |
| Baxter | peak |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠɛk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚæk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pɐk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pəɨjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /pɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pæk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pæk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bak$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*preːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 薜 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 670 |
| Phonetic component | 辟 |
| Rime group | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 檗 |
| Old Chinese | /*preːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

薜
* Angelica sinensis (type of medicinal herb)
    Synonym: 當歸 / 当归 (dāngguī)
* mountain hemp (Ribes manshuricum)

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bó (bo$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bó
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bó
*** Wade–Giles: po$^2$
*** Yale: bwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
*** Palladius: бо (bo)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu̯ɔ³⁵/

#### Definitions

薜
* Alternative form of 劈 (“to rupture”)

### Pronunciation 4

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bài (bai$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˋ
* 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/

#### Definitions

薜
* (historical dictionaries only) type of aquatic plant

### Pronunciation 5

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pì (pi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ
* 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/

#### Definitions

薜
* Alternative form of 僻 (“remote; secluded”)

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03573
* “薜”, 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

* Go-on: ばい (bai)、ひゃく (hyaku)
* Kan-on: はく (haku)、へい (hei)
* On: へき (heki)
* Kun: とうき (tōki)、やまあさ (yamaasa, 薜あさ)、かたよる (katayoru)

## Korean
### Hanja

薜 • (byeok, pye) (hangeul 벽, 폐, revised byeok, pye, McCune–Reischauer pyŏk, p'ye, Yale pyek, phyey)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

薜: Hán Nôm readings: bệ
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#### References

* Nom Foundation