弼

See also: 弻

弼 U+5F3C, 弼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F3C ← 弻 [U+5F3B] CJK Unified Ideographs 弽 → [U+5F3D]

Translingual

Han character

弼 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 弓一日弓 (NMAN), four-corner 1722₇, composition ⿲弓百弓)

Derived characters

• 𫓎, 𩅭

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 360, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9826
• Dae Jaweon: page 677, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 999, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5F3C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		弼
alternative forms		弻 拂 𢐀 𢐜

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 弼
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pi̍t

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• 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: bat⁶
    • Yale: baht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi̍t
    • Tâi-lô: pi̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: bit

Rime
Character	弼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	質 (49)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	房密切
Baxter	bit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/biet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bjit̚/
Li Rong	/bjĕt̚/
Wang Li	/bĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*brɯd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	弼
Reading #	1/1
No.	661
Phonetic component	弼
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	弼
Old Chinese	/*brɯd/

Definitions

弼

1. (literary) to aid; to assist; to help
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) assistant
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) tool for rectifying crossbow
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to go against; to run counter to

Compounds

• 宥弼
• 左輔右弼 / 左辅右弼
• 弼亮
• 弼士
• 弼教
• 弼違 / 弼违
• 弼針 / 弼针
• 弼馬溫 / 弼马温 (Bìmǎwēn)
• 方弼
• 明刑弼教
• 良弼
• 輔弼 / 辅弼 (fǔbì)
• 輔弼之勛 / 辅弼之勋

Japanese

Kanji

弼

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to assist
2. assistant

Readings

• Go-on: びち (bichi)^{←びち (biti, historical)}
• Kan-on: ひつ (hitsu)^{←ひつ (fitu, historical)}
• Kun: すけ (suke, 弼)、たすける (tasukeru, 弼ける)、ただす (tadasu, 弼す)、ゆだめ (yudame, 弼)
• Nanori: おさむ (osamu)、すけ (suke)、たすく (tasuku)

Alternative forms

• 弻

Compounds

• 弼(ひっ)匡(きょう) (hikkyō)
• 弼(ひつ)導(どう) (hitsudō)
• 弼(ひつ)亮(りょう) (hitsuryō)
• 匡(きょう)弼(ひつ) (kyōhitsu)
• 輔(ほ)弼(ひつ), 補(ほ)弼(ひつ) (hohitsu)
• 良(りょう)弼(ひつ) (ryōhitsu)

Korean

Hanja

弼 • (pil) (hangeul 필, revised pil, McCune–Reischauer p'il, Yale phil)

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Tày

Noun

弼 (bắt)

1. Nôm form of bắt (“a unit of dry measure”).

   咪息弼麻余

   Khẩu tức bắt mà dầư

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[1] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

Han character

弼: Hán Nôm readings: bặt, bậc, bật, bằn

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