鉍

See also: 铋

鉍	U+924D, 鉍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-924D

← 鉌
[U+924C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鉎 →
[U+924E]

Translingual

Han character

鉍 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金心竹 (CPH), four-corner 8310₀, composition ⿰釒必)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1301, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40295
Dae Jaweon: page 1803, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4191, character 5
Unihan data for U+924D

Chinese

trad.		鉍
simp.		铋

Chemical element
Bi
Previous: *鉛／铅 (qiān) (Pb)*
Next: 釙／钋 (pō) (Po)

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
泌	mpriɡs, priɡ, *bliɡ
秘	*mpriɡs
毖	*priɡs
閟	*priɡs
柲	priɡs, bliːɡ, priɡ, bliɡ
鉍	priɡs, priɡ
邲	priɡs, bliɡ, *briɡ
覕	pliŋs, mbliːɡ
咇	bliːɡ, priɡ, *bliɡ
苾	bliːɡ, bliɡ
馝	bliːɡ, bliɡ
飶	bliːɡ, bliɡ
鴓	*mbliːɡ
鮅	pliɡ, bliɡ
必	*pliɡ
珌	*pliɡ
佖	bliɡ, briɡ
駜	bliɡ, briɡ
怭	*bliɡ
妼	*bliɡ
宓	mriɡ, mliɡ
樒	*mriɡ
密	*mriɡ
蔤	*mriɡ
滵	*mriɡ
蜜	*mliɡ
謐	*mliɡ
榓	*mliɡ
淧	*mliɡ
瑟	smriɡ, smriɡ
璱	*sriɡ
飋	*sriɡ
虙	*blɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *priɡs, *priɡ): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 必 (OC *pliɡ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bit¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷piq

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: bit¹
  - Yale: bīt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: bid¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷piq
  - MiniDict: pih^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴piq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /piɪʔ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: pijH, pit

Rime
Character	鉍	鉍
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	質 (49)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	兵媚切	鄙密切
Baxter	pijH	pit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪ^H/	/pˠiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚi^H/	/pᵚit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/piɪ^H/	/piet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pji^H/	/pjit̚/
Li Rong	/pji^H/	/pjĕt̚/
Wang Li	/pi^H/	/pĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi^H/	/pi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì	bi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei³	bat¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*priɡs/, /*priɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鉍	鉍
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	557	570
Phonetic component	必	必
Rime group	至	質
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	祕	筆
Old Chinese	/*priɡs/	/*priɡ/
Notes	同柲	同柲

Definitions

鉍

(chemistry) bismuth

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉍 – see 柲 (“weapon handle made of bamboo strips”). (This character is the simplified form of 柲).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉍 – see 瑟 (“the se, an ancient Chinese bridge zither, usually with 25 strings; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 瑟).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

鉍

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: ひち (hichi)
Kan-on: ひつ (hitsu)
Kan’yō-on: ひ (hi)
Kun: ビスマス (bisumasu, 鉍)