# 璧

| 璧 | U+74A7, &#29863; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-74A7 |
| ← 璦 [U+74A6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 璨 → [U+74A8] |

## Translingual
### Han character

璧 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 尸十一土戈 (SJMGI), four-corner 7010$_3$, composition ⿱辟玉)

#### Derived characters

* 𬉭

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 742, character 29
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21269
* Dae Jaweon: page 1151, character 35
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1142, character 16
* Unihan data for U+74A7

## Chinese

* 璧 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Bi (jade) (English)

### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 璧 :
| Western Zhou | Spring and Autumn | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) | Libian (compiled in Qing) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts | Clerical 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 *peɡ): phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ) + semantic 玉 – a type of jade.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bì (bi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bik$^1$ / bik$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): pék
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phiak / phek / piak / pek
    (Teochew, Peng'im): biah$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$piq
* 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: bik$^1$ / bik$^3$
*** Yale: bīk / bik
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bik$^7$ / bik$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: big$^1$ / big$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɪk̚⁵/, /pɪk̚³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: pék
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɛiʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiak
*** Tâi-lô: phiak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pʰiak̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek
*** Tâi-lô: phik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pheg
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piak
*** Tâi-lô: piak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: piag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /piak̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek
*** Tâi-lô: pik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: peg
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɪk̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: biah$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piah
*** Sinological IPA : /piaʔ²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$piq
*** MiniDict: pih$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$piq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /piɪʔ³⁴/
* Middle Chinese: pjiek
Rime :
| Character | 璧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 昔 (123) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 必益切 |
| Baxter | pjiek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /piᴇk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /piɛk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piæk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /piajk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /piɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭɛk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pi̯ɛk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pek/
    (Zhengzhang): /*peɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 璧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pjiek › |
| Old Chinese | /*pek/ |
| English | circular jade insignium |
| 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 | 璧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 676 |
| Phonetic component | 辟 |
| Rime group | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 辟 |
| Old Chinese | /*peɡ/ |

### Definitions

璧
* jade annulus

### Compounds

* 中西合璧 (zhōngxīhébì)
* 匹夫懷璧 / 匹夫怀璧
* 原璧歸趙 / 原璧归赵
* 反璧
* 合璧 (hébì)
* 合璧連珠 / 合璧连珠
* 和氏璧 (Héshìbì)
* 和璧 (Hébì)
* 和璧隋珠
* 圭璧
* 垂璧
* 夜光璧
* 夫婦合璧 / 夫妇合璧
* 奉璧
* 完璧 (wánbì)
* 完璧歸趙 / 完璧归赵 (wánbìguīzhào)
* 寒璧
* 寸陰尺璧 / 寸阴尺璧
* 尺璧
* 懷璧其罪 / 怀璧其罪 (huáibìqízuì)
* 拱璧
* 捐金抵璧
* 日月合璧
* 棄璧負嬰 / 弃璧负婴
* 珍同拱璧
* 珠沉璧碎
* 珠聯璧合 / 珠联璧合 (zhūliánbìhé)
* 璧人 (bìrén)
* 璧合珠聯 / 璧合珠联
* 璧合珠連 / 璧合珠连
* 璧回
* 璧日 (bìrì)
* 璧月
* 璧池
* 璧璫 / 璧珰
* 璧田
* 璧謝 / 璧谢 (bìxiè)
* 璧趙 / 璧赵
* 璧還 / 璧还 (bìhuán)
* 白璧
* 白璧之瑕
* 白璧微瑕 (báibì-wēixiá)
* 白璧無瑕 / 白璧无瑕 (báibì-wúxiá)
* 白璧青蠅 / 白璧青蝇
* 破璧毀珪 / 破璧毁珪
* 秦庭歸璧 / 秦庭归璧
* 系璧
* 返璧
* 連城璧 / 连城璧
* 連珠合璧 / 连珠合璧
* 連璧 / 连璧
* 遺珠棄璧 / 遗珠弃璧
* 還珠返璧 / 还珠返璧
* 銜璧 / 衔璧
* 面縛銜璧 / 面缚衔璧

### References

* “璧”, 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

(Jōyō kanji)
* piece of jade used in ancient China

#### Readings

* Go-on: ひゃく (hyaku)
* Kan-on: へき (heki, Jōyō)
* Kun: たま (tama, 璧)

#### Compounds

* 完璧(かんぺき) (kanpeki)
* 圭璧(けいへき) (keiheki)
* 双璧(そうへき) (sōheki)

#### Usage notes

This character is not to be confused with the visually similar 壁.

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 璧
* へき Grade: S
* kan'on

### Noun

璧(へき) • (heki)
* annular jade disc of ritual significance in ancient China

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 璧 (MC pjiek). Recorded as Middle Korean 벽〮 (pyék) (Yale: pyék) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Pronunciation

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

### Hanja

Wikisource 璧 (eumhun 구슬 벽 (guseul byeok))
* hanja form of 벽 (“jade”)

#### Compounds

* 쌍벽 (雙璧, ssangbyeok)
* 완벽 (完璧, wanbyeok)

### 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

璧: Hán Nôm readings: bích, bệch, bịch, vách
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