毗

See also: 毘
毗 U+6BD7, 毗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BD7
← 毖
[U+6BD6] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 毘 →
[U+6BD8]

Translingual

Han character

毗 (Kangxi radical 81, 比+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 田心心 (WPP), four-corner 61010, composition ⿰田比)

  1. help, assist
  2. connect, adjoin

Synonyms

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 591, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16752
  • Dae Jaweon: page 983, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1417, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+6BD7

Chinese
trad. 毗
simp. # 毗
alternative forms 毘／毗

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 *bi) : semantic 囟 + phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 毗
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 脂 (15)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 房脂切
Baxter bjij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /biɪ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /bi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /bjɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /bi/
Li
Rong		 /bi/
Wang
Li		 /bi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 pí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 pei4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 毗
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 pí
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ bjij ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[b]ij/
English assist; boastful

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 毗
Reading # 1/1
No. 526
Phonetic
component		 比
Rime
group		 脂
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 𣬈
Old
Chinese		 /*bi/
Notes 右囟隸化變田

Definitions

毗

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Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji
毗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. help
  2. assist
  3. connect
  4. adjoin

Readings
  • On (unclassified): ひ (hi); び (bi)
  • Kun: たすける (tasukeru)

Korean

Hanja

毗 (eum 비 (bi))

  1. help, assist
  2. connect, adjoin

Vietnamese

Han character

毗: Hán Nôm readings: tì

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References
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