枇
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Translingual
Han character
枇 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木心心 (DPP), four-corner 41910, composition ⿰木比)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 514, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14528
- Dae Jaweon: page 902, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1167, character 9
- Unihan data for U+6787
Chinese
| trad. | 枇 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 枇 | |
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 *piʔ, *bi, *bis): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): pei4
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): bì
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bi2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pî / gî / kî / khî / tî
- 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)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: pei4
- Yale: pèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: pei4
- Guangdong Romanization: péi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phì
- Hakka Romanization System: piˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: pi2
- Sinological IPA: /pʰi¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: pi
- Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Magong)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî
- Tâi-lô: pî
- Phofsit Daibuun: pii
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Tainan): /pi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Yilan, Taichung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî
- Tâi-lô: gî
- Phofsit Daibuun: gii
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Yilan): /ɡi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
- Tâi-lô: kî
- Phofsit Daibuun: kii
- IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khî
- Tâi-lô: khî
- Phofsit Daibuun: qii
- IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang, Kinmen): /kʰi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Tainan, Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî
- Tâi-lô: tî
- Phofsit Daibuun: dii
- IPA (Tainan): /ti²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Magong)
- Middle Chinese: bjij
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*bi/
Definitions
枇
- only used in 枇杷 (pípá)
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bǐ
- Wade–Giles: pi3
- Yale: bǐ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
- Palladius: би (bi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: pjijX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*piʔ/
Definitions
枇
- alternative form of 匕 (bǐ, “a kind of inplement for eating”)
Pronunciation 3
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: bjijH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*bis/
Definitions
枇
- alternative form of 篦 (“fine-toothed comb; to comb with a fine-toothed comb”)
Pronunciation 4
Definitions
枇
- (Hokkien) Classifier for clusters, strings, or bunches.
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to capture; to seize; to catch
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) undurable; not sturdy; not solid (of the quality of a material)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 串 (“bunch (classifier for bananas)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 串, 把 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 串, 把 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 梳 |
| Hong Kong | 梳 | |
| Taishan | 梳 | |
| Dongguan | 梳 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 托 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 托 | |
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 托 | |
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 托 | |
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 托 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 枇 |
| Zhangzhou | 枇 | |
| Zhao'an | 筐 | |
| Taipei | 枇 | |
| New Taipei (Tamsui) | 枇 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 枇 | |
| New Taipei (Pingxi) | 枇, ih | |
| Kaohsiung | 枇 | |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 枇 | |
| Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 枇 | |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 枇 | |
| Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 枇 | |
| Yilan | 枇 | |
| Yilan (Toucheng) | 枇 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 枇 | |
| Changhua (Yongjing) | 枇 | |
| Taichung | 枇 | |
| Tainan | 枇 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 枇 | |
| Hsinchu | 枇 | |
| Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 枇 | |
| Kinmen | 枇 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 枇 | |
| Penghu (Xiyu) | 枇 | |
| Jieyang | 梳 | |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 子 |
Further reading
- “枇”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- “枇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢
- 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “枇（～杷）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 161.
Japanese
Kanji
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Korean
Hanja
枇 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)
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