# 吡

| 吡 | U+5421, &#21537; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5421 |
| ← 吠 [U+5420] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 吢 → [U+5422] |

## Translingual
### Han character

吡 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口心心 (RPP), four-corner 6201, composition ⿰口比)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 177, character 24
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3333
* Dae Jaweon: page 395, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 588, character 3
* Unihan data for U+5421

## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bǐ, bì (bi$^3$, bi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ, ㄅㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bei$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bǐ
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^3$
*** Yale: bǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** 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: bei$^2$
*** Yale: béi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bei$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: béi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pei̯³⁵/

#### Definitions

吡
* Used in transcription.

#### Compounds

* 吡咯 (bǐluò)
* 吡唑 (bǐzuò)
* 吡啶 (bǐdìng)
* 吡喃 (bǐnán)
* 吡嗪 (bǐqín)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bì (bi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
* 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/
* Middle Chinese: bjit
Rime :
| Character | 吡 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (48) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 毗必切 |
| Baxter | bjit |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /biɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bjet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /biĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bat$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*biɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 吡 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| No. | 549 |
| Phonetic component | 比 |
| Rime group | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 邲 |
| Old Chinese | /*biɡ/ |

#### Definitions

吡
* (historical dictionaries only) Only used in 吡吡 (bìbì, “sound of birds crying”).

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bǐ (bi$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bǐ
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^3$
*** Yale: bǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²¹⁴/
* Middle Chinese: phjieX
Rime :
| Character | 吡 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 匹婢切 |
| Baxter | phjieX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰiᴇ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰiɛ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰjɛ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰiə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰie$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰǐe$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰie̯$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pei$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*piʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 吡 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| No. | 517 |
| Phonetic component | 比 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 匕 |
| Old Chinese | /*piʔ/ |

#### Definitions

吡
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 諀 (bǐ, “to slander; to vilify”)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 比 (“to compare”)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: び (bi)
* Kan-on: ひ (hi)
* Kun: そしる (soshiru, 吡る)

## Korean
### Hanja

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