# 弼

| 弼 | U+5F3C, &#24380; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F3C |
| ← 弻 [U+5F3B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 弽 → [U+5F3D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

弼 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 弓一日弓 (NMAN), four-corner 1722$_7$, composition ⿲弓百弓)

#### Derived characters

* 𫓎, 𩅭

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 360, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9826
* Dae Jaweon: page 677, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 999, character 13
* Unihan data for U+5F3C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 弼 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bì (bi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bat$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pi̍t
* 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: bat$^6$
*** Yale: baht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bed$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐt̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi̍t
*** Tâi-lô: pi̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pit
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚⁴/
* Middle Chinese: bit
Rime :
| Character | 弼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (49) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 房密切 |
| Baxter | bit |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bˠiɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bᵚit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bjit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /bjĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bat$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*brɯd/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 弼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 661 |
| Phonetic component | 弼 |
| Rime group | 物 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 弼 |
| Old Chinese | /*brɯd/ |

### Definitions

弼
* (literary) to aid; to assist; to help
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) assistant
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) tool for rectifying crossbow
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to go against; to run counter to

### Compounds

* 宥弼
* 左輔右弼 / 左辅右弼
* 弼亮
* 弼士
* 弼教
* 弼違 / 弼违
* 弼針 / 弼针
* 弼馬溫 / 弼马温 (Bìmǎwēn)
* 方弼
* 明刑弼教
* 良弼
* 輔弼 / 辅弼 (fǔbì)
* 輔弼之勛 / 辅弼之勋

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* to assist
* assistant

#### Readings

* Go-on: びち (bichi)
* Kan-on: ひつ (hitsu)
* Kun: すけ (suke, 弼)、たすける (tasukeru, 弼ける)、ただす (tadasu, 弼す)、ゆだめ (yudame, 弼)
* Nanori: おさむ (osamu)、すけ (suke)、たすく (tasuku)

#### Alternative forms

* 弻

#### Compounds

* 弼(ひっ)匡(きょう) (hikkyō)
* 弼(ひつ)導(どう) (hitsudō)
* 弼(ひつ)亮(りょう) (hitsuryō)
* 匡(きょう)弼(ひつ) (kyōhitsu)
* 輔(ほ)弼(ひつ), 補(ほ)弼(ひつ) (hohitsu)
* 良(りょう)弼(ひつ) (ryōhitsu)

## Korean
### Hanja

弼 • (pil) (hangeul 필, revised pil, McCune–Reischauer p'il, Yale phil)
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## Tày
### Noun

弼 (bắt)
* Nôm form of bắt (“a unit of dry measure”).
    咪息弼麻余Khẩu tức bắt mà dầư(please add an English translation of this usage example)

### References

* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

## Vietnamese
### Han character

弼: Hán Nôm readings: bặt, bậc, bật, bằn
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