霹

霹	U+9739, 霹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9739

← 霸
[U+9738]

CJK Unified Ideographs

霺 →
[U+973A]

Translingual

Han character

霹 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+13, 21 strokes, cangjie input 一月尸口十 (MBSRJ), four-corner 1064₁, composition ⿱雨辟)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1379, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42491
Dae Jaweon: page 1888, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4080, character 2
Unihan data for U+9739

Chinese

trad.		霹
simp. ^#		霹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嬖	*peːɡs
薜	beːɡs, preːɡ
鐾	*beːɡs
臂	*peɡs
譬	*pʰeɡs
避	*beɡs
檗	*preːɡ
擘	*preːɡ
糪	preːɡ, pʰreːɡ
掰	*preːɡ
繴	breːɡ, peːɡ
辟	peɡ, pʰeɡ, *beɡ
璧	*peɡ
鐴	*peɡ
躄	*peɡ
襞	*peɡ
僻	pʰeɡ, pʰeːɡ
癖	pʰeɡ, pʰeːɡ
廦	pʰeɡ, peːɡ
擗	*beɡ
躃	*beɡ
闢	*beɡ
壁	*peːɡ
鼊	*peːɡ
霹	*pʰeːɡ
劈	*pʰeːɡ
澼	*pʰeːɡ
憵	*pʰeːɡ
甓	*beːɡ
鷿	*beːɡ
幦	*mbeːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰeːɡ): semantic 雨 + phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pī (pi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pik¹
Eastern Min (BUC): pék
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pih⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiak / phek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pī
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pi
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi¹
  - Yale: pī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi
  - Palladius: пи (pi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pik¹
  - Yale: pīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: pig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪk̚⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: pék
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɛiʔ²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pih⁶
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: pih
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pih⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiak
  - Tâi-lô: phiak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek
  - Tâi-lô: phik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pheg
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪk̚³²/

Middle Chinese: phek

Rime
Character	霹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	普擊切
Baxter	phek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/pʰek̚/
Wang Li	/pʰiek̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pik¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*pʰeːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	霹
Reading #	1/1
No.	692
Phonetic component	辟
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*pʰeːɡ/
Notes	古作闢歴

Definitions

霹

Used in 霹靂／霹雳 (pīlì).
of thunder, to strike

Compounds

晴天霹靂 / 晴天霹雳 (qíngtiānpīlì)
焦霹靂 / 焦霹雳
霹空
霹誣 / 霹诬
霹雷 (pīléi)
霹靂 / 霹雳 (pīlì)
霹靂之聲 / 霹雳之声
霹靂小組 / 霹雳小组
霹靂尖 / 霹雳尖
霹靂引 / 霹雳引
霹靂弦 / 霹雳弦
霹靂戰 / 霹雳战
霹靂手 / 霹雳手
霹靂火 / 霹雳火
霹靂炮 / 霹雳炮
霹靂舞 / 霹雳舞 (pīlìwǔ)
霹靂行動 / 霹雳行动
霹靂袋 / 霹雳袋
霹靂說 / 霹雳说
霹靂車 / 霹雳车
青天霹靂 / 青天霹雳

Japanese

Kanji

霹

(Hyōgai kanji)

heavy thunder
(of lightning) to strike, to fall

Readings

Go-on: ひゃく (hyaku)
Kan-on: へき (heki)
Kun: はためく (hatameku, 霹めく)、かみなり (kaminari, 霹)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 霹 (MC phek).

Historical readings

Recorded as Middle Korean 펵〮 (Yale: phyék) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Recorded as Middle Korean 벽〮 (pyék) (Yale: pyék) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pjʌ̹k̚]
Phonetic hangul: [벽]

Hanja

霹 (eumhun 벼락 벽 (byeorak byeok))

hanja form^? of 벽 (“thunder”)

Compounds

벽력 (霹靂, byeongnyeok, “thunder; bolt”)
청천벽력 (靑天霹靂, cheongcheonbyeongnyeok, “bolt from the blue”)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]