# 埤

| 埤 | U+57E4, &#22500; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57E4 |
| ← 埣 [U+57E3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 埥 → [U+57E5] |

## Translingual
### Han character

埤 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土竹田十 (GHWJ), four-corner 4614$_0$, composition ⿰土卑)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 230, character 29
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5167
* Dae Jaweon: page 466, character 33
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 454, character 5
* Unihan data for U+57E4

## 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *be) : semantic 土 (“dirt”) + phonetic 卑 (OC *pe)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pí, pì, bì, bēi (pi$^2$, pi$^4$, bi$^4$, bei$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ, ㄆㄧˋ, ㄅㄧˋ, ㄅㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pei$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): bĭ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pi
* 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/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pì
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pì
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^4$
*** Yale: pì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
*** Palladius: пи (pi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi⁵¹/
** (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/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bēi
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bei
*** Wade–Giles: pei$^1$
*** Yale: bēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bei
*** Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /peɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pei$^4$
*** Yale: pèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: péi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰei̯²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵⁵/
* 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: bjie
Rime :
| Character | 埤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| 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 | 埤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 386 |
| Phonetic component | 卑 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 陴 |
| Old Chinese | /*be/ |

### Definitions

埤
* increase
* parapet (wall)
* low, inferior
* (geography) water reservoir used in irrigation
    埤頭／埤头 ― Pítóu ― Pitou, Changhua, Taiwan

### Compounds

* 埤堄
* 埤島／埤岛
* 埤溼／埤湿
* 埤雅
* 埤頭／埤头 (Pítóu)
* 埤頭鄉／埤头乡
* 大埤 (Dàpí)
* 大埤湖
* 新埤 (Xīnpí)
* 虎頭埤／虎头埤

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* add
* increase
* attach
* low fence

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ひ (hi)、び (bi)、へい (hei)
* Kun: ます (masu)、あたへる (ataheru)、たすける (tasukeru)、ひくいひめがき (hikuihimegaki)

## Korean
### Hanja

埤 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi)
* add
* increase
* attach
* low fence

## Vietnamese
### Han character

埤: Hán Nôm readings: bì
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#### References

* Nom Foundation