笓

笓 U+7B13, 笓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B13 ← 笒 [U+7B12] CJK Unified Ideographs 笔 → [U+7B14]

Translingual

Han character

笓 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹心心 (HPP), four-corner 8871₁, composition ⿱𥫗比)

1. to comb
2. a fine-toothed comb

Derived characters

• 𣖰

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 879, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25887
• Dae Jaweon: page 1307, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2950, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7B13

Chinese

trad.		笓
simp. #		笓

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (比) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
梐	*piː, *biːʔ
狴	*piː
悂	*piː, *pʰi
螕	*piː
鎞	*piː
蓖	*piː
篦	*piː, *bis
批	*pʰiː
砒	*pʰiː
鈚	*pʰiː, *bi
磇	*pʰiː
媲	*pʰiːs
笓	*biː
膍	*biː, *bi
陛	*biːʔ
仳	*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *bi, *briʔ
吡	*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *biɡ
紕	*be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ
比	*piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ
妣	*piʔ, *pis
秕	*piʔ
沘	*piʔ, *bi
枇	*piʔ, *bi, *bis
粊	*pris
庇	*pis
屁	*pʰis
琵	*bi
毗	*bi
貔	*bi
豼	*bi
蚍	*bi
芘	*bi, *bis
肶	*bi
魮	*bi
阰	*bi
坒	*bis, *biɡ
玭	*bin

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pí, bì (pi², bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ, ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ / pai⁴ / pei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pí
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²
    • Yale: pí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴
    • Yale: bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bei⁶ / pai⁴ / pei⁴
    • Yale: beih / pàih / pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ / pai⁴ / pei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ / pei⁴ / péi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²²/, /pʰɐi̯²¹/, /pʰei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bej

Rime
Character	笓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	部迷切
Baxter	bej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bei/
Pan Wuyun	/bei/
Shao Rongfen	/bɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɛj/
Li Rong	/bei/
Wang Li	/biei/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*biː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	笓
Reading #	1/1
No.	504
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鼙
Old Chinese	/*biː/

Definitions

笓

1. ^† to comb
2. ^† fine-toothed comb
3. ^† prawn trap made from bamboo