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

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/

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	/piɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/pjɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pi^H/
Li Rong	/pi^H/
Wang Li	/pi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi^H/
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 ›	‹ pjij^H ›
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

to cover; to shield; to shelter; to protect
(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
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	埋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	埋
Jianghuai Mandarin	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
Wu	Wenzhou	塸
Xiang	Changsha	埋
Xiang	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)

cover, shield, shelter, protect

Vietnamese

Han character

庇: Hán Nôm readings: tí

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