藣

藣	U+85E3, 藣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85E3

← 藢
[U+85E2]

CJK Unified Ideographs

藤 →
[U+85E4]

Translingual

Han character

藣 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 廿田中心 (TWLP) or 難廿田中心 (XTWLP), four-corner 4421₁, composition ⿱艹罷)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1065, character 45
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32339
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3319, character 11
Unihan data for U+85E3

Chinese

trad.		藣
simp.		𰱯
alternative forms		𧄾𧀛

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
擺	*preːlʔ
犤	breːl, pral, *bral
罷	breːlʔ, bral, *bralʔ
矲	*breːlʔ
羆	*pral
襬	pral, pʰrals
藣	pral, prals

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pral, *prals): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 罷 (OC *breːlʔ, *bral, *bralʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bēi (bei¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bei
  - Wade–Giles: pei¹
  - Yale: bēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bei
  - Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bei¹
  - Yale: bēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: pje, pjeH

Rime
Character	藣	藣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	彼爲切	彼義切
Baxter	pje	pjeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇ/	/pˠiᴇ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛ/	/pᵚiɛ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/piɛ/	/piɛ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiə̆/	/pjiə̆^H/
Li Rong	/pje/	/pje^H/
Wang Li	/pǐe/	/pǐe^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pie̯/	/pie̯^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bī	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei¹	bei³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*pral/, /*prals/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	藣	藣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	174	175
Phonetic component	罷	罷
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	陂	賁
Old Chinese	/*pral/	/*prals/

Definitions

藣

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of grass
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) ox's tail held by dancers