# 裨

| 裨 | U+88E8, &#35048; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-88E8 |
| ← 裧 [U+88E7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 裩 → [U+88E9] |

## Translingual
### Han character

裨 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中竹田十 (LHWJ), four-corner 3624$_0$, composition ⿰衤卑)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1118, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34338
* Dae Jaweon: page 1584, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3099, character 2
* Unihan data for U+88E8

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 捭 | *preːʔ |
| 牌 | *breː, *breː |
| 郫 | *breː, *bre, *be |
| 蠯 | *breː, *be, *breːŋʔ |
| 猈 | *breːʔ, *breː |
| 稗 | *breːs |
| 粺 | *breːs |
| 𥱼 | *breː |
| 豍 | *peː |
| 箄 | *peː, *pe, *peʔ |
| 錍 | *pʰeː, *pe |
| 睥 | *pʰeːs |
| 渒 | *pʰeːs, *pe |
| 鼙 | *beː |
| 鞞 | *beː, *pe, *peʔ, *peːŋʔ |
| 椑 | *beː, *pe, *beɡ, *beːɡ |
| 崥 | *beː, *peʔ |
| 髀 | *beːʔ, *peʔ, *piʔ |
| 卑 | *pe |
| 鵯 | *pe, *pʰiɡ |
| 裨 | *pe, *be |
| 痺 | *pe |
| 碑 | *pre |
| 婢 | *peʔ, *beʔ |
| 諀 | *pʰeʔ |
| 脾 | *be |
| 埤 | *be |
| 陴 | *be |
| 蜱 | *be, *mbew |
| 焷 | *be |
| 螷 | *be, *breːŋʔ |
| 庳 | *beʔ |
| 琕 | *biːŋ |
| 萆 | *beɡ, *slɯʔ |
| 綼 | *biɡ, *peːɡ |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bì (bi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bei$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pi
* 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: bei$^1$
*** Yale: bēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: béi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pei̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi
*** Tâi-lô: pi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: py
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pi³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: pjie
Rime :
| Character | 裨 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 府移切 |
| Baxter | pjie |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /piᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /piɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pjɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /piə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /pie/ |
| Wang Li | /pǐe/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bei$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pe/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 裨 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 372 |
| Phonetic component | 卑 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 卑 |
| Old Chinese | /*pe/ |

#### Definitions

裨
* to aid; to benefit; to help
* (literary) to make up; to remedy; to supplement
* (literary) to add to; to complement

#### Compounds

* 無裨於事／无裨于事
* 裨助
* 裨益 (bìyì)
* 裨補闕漏／裨补阙漏 (bìbǔquēlòu)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pí (pi$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pei$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pî
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pí
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pí
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^2$
*** Yale: pí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
*** Palladius: пи (pi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pei$^4$
*** Yale: pèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: péi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰei̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî
*** Tâi-lô: pî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pi²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pi²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pi²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²³/
* Middle Chinese: bjie
Rime :
| Character | 裨 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 符支切 |
| Baxter | bjie |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /biᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bjɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /biə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /bie/ |
| Wang Li | /bǐe/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*be/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 裨 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 387 |
| Phonetic component | 卑 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 陴 |
| Old Chinese | /*be/ |

#### Definitions

裨
* (literary) secondary; assistant; minor; small
* (literary) second-class formal attire worn in sacrificial rites in ancient China
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 偏裨
* 拐裨子
* 裨將／裨将 (píjiàng)
* 裨海
* 裨販／裨贩

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* aid, help

#### Readings

* Go-on: ひ (hi)、び (bi)
* Kan-on: ひ (hi)
* Kun: おぎなう (oginau, 裨う)、たすける (tasukeru, 裨ける)、ます (masu, 裨)

#### Compounds

* 裨(ひ)益(えき) (hieki)
* 裨販(ひはん) (hihan)
* 裨補(ひほ) (hiho)

## Korean
### Hanja

裨 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)
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