弼

See also: 弻

弼	U+5F3C, 弼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F3C

← 弻
[U+5F3B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

弽 →
[U+5F3D]

Translingual

Han character

弼 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 弓一日弓 (NMAN), four-corner 1722₇, composition ⿲弓百弓)

Derived characters

𫓎, 𩅭

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 360, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9826
Dae Jaweon: page 677, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 999, character 13
Unihan data for U+5F3C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		弼
alternative forms		弻拂𢐀𢐜

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 弼
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pi̍t
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸biq

Mandarin
- (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: bat⁶
  - Yale: baht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi̍t
  - Tâi-lô: pi̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pit
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸biq
  - MiniDict: bih^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵biq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /biɪʔ¹²/

Middle Chinese: bit

Rime
Character	弼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	質 (49)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	房密切
Baxter	bit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/biet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bjit̚/
Li Rong	/bjĕt̚/
Wang Li	/bĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bat⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*brɯd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	弼
Reading #	1/1
No.	661
Phonetic component
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*brɯd/

Definitions

弼

(literary) to aid; to assist; to help
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) assistant
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) tool for rectifying crossbow
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to go against; to run counter to

Compounds

宥弼
左輔右弼 / 左辅右弼
弼亮
弼士
弼教
弼違 / 弼违
弼針 / 弼针
弼馬溫 / 弼马温 (Bìmǎwēn)
方弼
明刑弼教
良弼
輔弼 / 辅弼 (fǔbì)
輔弼之勛 / 辅弼之勋

Japanese

Kanji

弼

(Hyōgai kanji)

to assist
assistant

Readings

Go-on: びち (bichi)^{←びち (biti, historical)}
Kan-on: ひつ (hitsu)^{←ひつ (fitu, historical)}
Kun: すけ (suke, 弼)、たすける (tasukeru, 弼ける)、ただす (tadasu, 弼す)、ゆだめ (yudame, 弼)
Nanori: おさむ (osamu)、すけ (suke)、たすく (tasuku)

Alternative forms

弻

Compounds

弼(ひっ)匡(きょう) (hikkyō)
弼(ひつ)導(どう) (hitsudō)
弼(ひつ)亮(りょう) (hitsuryō)
匡(きょう)弼(ひつ) (kyōhitsu)
輔(ほ)弼(ひつ), 補(ほ)弼(ひつ) (hohitsu)
良(りょう)弼(ひつ) (ryōhitsu)

Korean

Hanja

弼 • (pil) (hangeul 필, revised pil, McCune–Reischauer p'il, Yale phil)

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Tày

Noun

弼 (bắt)

Nôm form of bắt (“a unit of dry measure”).
咪息弼麻余
Khẩu tức bắt mà dầư
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References

Dương Nhật Thanh, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[1] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]

Vietnamese

Han character

弼: Hán Nôm readings: bặt, bậc, bật, bằn

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