庇

庇 U+5E87, 庇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E87 ← 庆 [U+5E86] CJK Unified Ideographs 庈 → [U+5E88]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

庇 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈心心 (IPP) or 難戈心心 (XIPP), four-corner 0021₁, composition ⿸广比)

Derived characters

• 𠉆, 𠳓, 䊌, 𫈋, 𭙮

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 343, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9239
• Dae Jaweon: page 653, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 874, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5E87

Chinese

trad.		庇
simp. #		庇

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pis) : semantic 广 (“house that is built to depend on a cliff”) + phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì, pì (bi⁴, pi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ, ㄆㄧˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bei³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bei¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pi¹ / bi¹

• Northern Min (KCR): bi̿ / bṳ̿
• Eastern Min (BUC): bé
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵phi
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): pi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴
    • Yale: bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pì
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi⁴
    • Yale: pì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bei³
    • Yale: bei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pi
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pi⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pi¹ / bi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁴⁴/, /pi⁴⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bi̿ / bṳ̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³³/, /py³³/

Note:

• bi̿ - literary;
• bṳ̿ - vernacular (“to bury”).

• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛi²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì
    • Tâi-lô: pì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵phi
    • MiniDict: phi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²phi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰi³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: pi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: pjijH

Rime
Character	庇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	必至切
Baxter	pjijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/piH/
Shao Rongfen	/pjɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piH/
Li Rong	/piH/
Wang Li	/piH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/piH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pij/, /*pij-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pis/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	庇	庇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bì	bì
Middle Chinese	‹ pjij ›	‹ pjijH ›
Old Chinese	/*pij/	/*pij-s/
English	cover; protect	cover; protect
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	庇
Reading #	1/1
No.	519
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	痹
Old Chinese	/*pis/

Definitions

庇

1. to cover; to shield; to shelter; to protect
2. (Northern Min) to bury

Usage notes

Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation pì.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 埋 (“to bury”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		埋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	埋
	Taiwan	埋
	Singapore	埋
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	埋
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	埋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	埋
	Wuhan	埋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	埋
	Hefei	埋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	埋, 壅
	Hong Kong	埋, 壅
	Yangjiang	埋
Gan	Nanchang	埋
Hakka	Meixian	埋
Jin	Taiyuan	埋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	庇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	埋
Southern Min	Xiamen	坮, 埋
	Quanzhou	坮
	Zhangzhou	坮
	Tainan	坮
	Chaozhou	坮, 䃭
	Shantou	坮, 䃭
	Jieyang	坮, 䃭
	Leizhou	坮
	Haikou	坮
Wu	Suzhou	埋
	Wenzhou	塸
Xiang	Changsha	埋
	Shuangfeng	埋, 聾

Compounds

• 佑庇
• 依庇
• 保庇
• 包庇
• 周庇
• 外交庇護 / 外交庇护
• 大庇
• 存庇
• 宇庇
• 容庇
• 庇佑 (bìyòu)
• 庇依
• 庇借
• 庇冒
• 庇庥
• 庇廕 / 庇荫
• 庇短
• 庇翼
• 庇蔭 / 庇荫 (bìyìn)
• 庇藏
• 庇衛 / 庇卫
• 庇覆
• 庇託 / 庇托
• 庇護 / 庇护
• 庇護權 / 庇护权
• 庇賴 / 庇赖
• 庇身
• 庇陰 / 庇阴
• 庥庇
• 廕庇 / 荫庇 (yìnbì)
• 影庇
• 徇庇
• 德庇
• 托庇 (tuōbì)
• 掩庇
• 援庇
• 政治庇護 / 政治庇护 (zhèngzhì bìhù)
• 曲庇
• 棲庇 / 栖庇
• 榮庇 / 荣庇
• 洪庇
• 照庇
• 營庇 / 营庇
• 祝庇
• 祐庇
• 福庇
• 私庇
• 竊庇 / 窃庇
• 蒙庇
• 蔭庇 / 荫庇 (yìnbì)
• 袒庇
• 覆庇 (fùbì)
• 覆庇之恩
• 託庇 / 托庇 (tuōbì)
• 護庇 / 护庇
• 賄庇 / 贿庇
• 週庇 / 周庇
• 遮庇
• 門庇 / 门庇
• 陰庇 / 阴庇
• 障庇
• 隱庇 / 隐庇
• 雨庇
• 霣庇 / 𫕥庇
• 鴻庇 / 鸿庇
• 黨庇 / 党庇
• 鼎庇

Japanese

Kanji

庇

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: おおう (ōu)、かばう (kabau, 庇う)、ひさし (hisashi, 庇)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. cover, shield, shelter, protect

Vietnamese

Han character

庇: Hán Nôm readings: tí

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