# 霹

| 霹 | U+9739, &#38713; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9739 |
| ← 霸 [U+9738] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 霺 → [U+973A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

霹 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+13, 21 strokes, cangjie input 一月尸口十 (MBSRJ), four-corner 1064$_1$, composition ⿱雨辟)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1379, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42491
* Dae Jaweon: page 1888, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4080, character 2
* Unihan data for U+9739

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 *pʰeːɡ): semantic 雨 + phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pī (pi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pik$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): pék
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pih$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiak / phek
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pī
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pi
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^1$
*** Yale: pī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi
*** Palladius: пи (pi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pik$^1$
*** Yale: pīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɪk̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: pék
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɛiʔ²⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: pih$^6$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: pih
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: pih$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiʔ²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiak
*** Tâi-lô: phiak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiak̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek
*** Tâi-lô: phik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pheg
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪk̚³²/
* Middle Chinese: phek
Rime :
| Character | 霹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 錫 (127) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 普擊切 |
| Baxter | phek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰek̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰek̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰɛk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰɛjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰek̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰiek̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰiek̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰeːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 霹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 692 |
| Phonetic component | 辟 |
| Rime group | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 霹 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰeːɡ/ |
| Notes | 古作闢歴 |

### Definitions

霹
* Used in 霹靂／霹雳 (pīlì).
* of thunder, to strike

#### Compounds

* 晴天霹靂 / 晴天霹雳 (qíngtiānpīlì)
* 焦霹靂 / 焦霹雳
* 霹空
* 霹誣 / 霹诬
* 霹雷 (pīléi)
* 霹靂 / 霹雳 (pīlì)
* 霹靂之聲 / 霹雳之声
* 霹靂小組 / 霹雳小组
* 霹靂尖 / 霹雳尖
* 霹靂引 / 霹雳引
* 霹靂弦 / 霹雳弦
* 霹靂戰 / 霹雳战
* 霹靂手 / 霹雳手
* 霹靂火 / 霹雳火
* 霹靂炮 / 霹雳炮
* 霹靂舞 / 霹雳舞 (pīlìwǔ)
* 霹靂行動 / 霹雳行动
* 霹靂袋 / 霹雳袋
* 霹靂說 / 霹雳说
* 霹靂車 / 霹雳车
* 青天霹靂 / 青天霹雳

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* heavy thunder
* (of lightning) to strike, to fall

#### Readings

* Go-on: ひゃく (hyaku)
* Kan-on: へき (heki)
* Kun: はためく (hatameku, 霹めく)、かみなり (kaminari, 霹)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 霹 (MC phek).
* Recorded as Middle Korean 펵〮 (Yale: phyék) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* 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 霹 (eumhun 벼락 벽 (byeorak byeok))
* hanja form of 벽 (“thunder”)

#### Compounds

* 벽력 (霹靂, byeongnyeok, “thunder; bolt”)
* 청천벽력 (靑天霹靂, cheongcheonbyeongnyeok, “bolt from the blue”)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.