畢

See also: 毕

畢 U+7562, 畢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7562 ← 畡 [U+7561] CJK Unified Ideographs 畣 → [U+7563]

Translingual

Han character

畢 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 田廿十 (WTJ), four-corner 6050₇, composition ⿱田⿻龷十)

Derived characters

• 𠌫, 㓖, 嗶, 𡠚, 𡻞, 彃, 𢕏, 𢳂, 滭, 𤠺, 𬯕, 㮿, 熚, 㻫, 𭿑, 𥛘, 襅, 縪, 𧏻, 𧫤, 𧰆, 蹕, 𨢡, 鏎, 鞸, 韠, 饆, 驆, 𩪖, 𩺷, 𪍪
• 𰻐, 𣯴, 䟆, 䬛, 魓, 𭻠, 㪤, 𥀕, 鷝, 蓽, 𭂂, 𦌎, 罼, 篳, 𤹝, 𰔷, 𪋜

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 761, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21829
• Dae Jaweon: page 1171, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2535, character 9
• Unihan data for U+7562

Chinese

trad.		畢
simp.		毕
alternative forms		罼／𬙝 鏎 𤲃

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 畢
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
畢	*pid
蓽	*pid
篳	*pid
蹕	*pid
韠	*pid
滭	*pid
鷝	*pid
熚	*pid
彃	*pid
縪	*pid
饆	*pid
鏎	*pid
罼	*pid

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 田 (“field”) + 𠦒 (“net”) – a net used for hunting in the field. Compare with 單

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bi²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pit

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bid⁵

• Eastern Min (BUC): bék
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pit

  (Teochew, Peng'im): big⁸ / biag⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷piq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bi⁶

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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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: bi²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bat¹
    • Yale: bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pit
    • Hakka Romanization System: bid^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pit̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pit̚¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit
    • Tâi-lô: pit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: big⁸ / biag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pi̍k / pia̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pik̚⁴/, /piak̚⁴/

Note: biag8 - Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷piq
    • MiniDict: pih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴piq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /piɪʔ⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: bi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: pjit

Rime
Character	畢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	卑吉切
Baxter	pjit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pit̚/
Li Rong	/piĕt̚/
Wang Li	/pĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bat1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pi[t]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pid/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	畢	畢	畢
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bì	bì	bì
Middle Chinese	‹ pjit ›	‹ pjit ›	‹ pjit ›
Old Chinese	/*pi[t]/	/*pi[t]/	/*pi[t]/
English	wooden fork	bird-net	finish (v.)
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	畢
Reading #	1/1
No.	614
Phonetic component	畢
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	必
Old Chinese	/*pid/

Definitions

畢

1. (obsolete) a long-handled small net for catching birds or rabbits

   • 夫弓、弩、畢、弋、機變之知多，則鳥亂於上矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫弓、弩、毕、弋、机变之知多，则鸟乱于上矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Fú gōng, nǔ, bì, yì, jībiàn zhī zhī duō, zé niǎo luàn yú shàng yǐ. [Pinyin]

     The knowledge shown in the (making of) bows, cross-bows, band-nets, stringed arrows, and contrivances with springs is great, but the birds are troubled by them above.

2. (～宿) (Chinese astronomy) Net (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
3. (obsolete) to catch (birds or rabbits) using such a net

   • 鴛鴦于飛，畢之羅之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鸳鸯于飞，毕之罗之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yuānyāng yú fēi, bì zhī luó zhī. [Pinyin]

     The Yellow ducks fly about,
     And are taken with hand-nets and spread-nets.

4. (literary) the whole of; all; together

   畢生／毕生  ―  bìshēng  ―  all one's life; lifetime

   群賢畢至／群贤毕至  ―  qúnxiánbìzhì  ―  all the persons of virtue arrived

5. to end; to finish

   Synonym: 完 (wán)

   完畢／完毕  ―  wánbì  ―  to finish; to end; to be complete

   畢業／毕业  ―  bìyè  ―  to graduate; to finish school

   • 公事畢，然後敢治私事。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     公事毕，然后敢治私事。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Gōngshì bì, ránhòu gǎn zhì sīshì. [Pinyin]

     And not till the public work is finished, may they presume to attend to their private affairs.

6. a surname

   畢昇／毕升  ―  Bì Shēng  ―  Bi Sheng (inventor of movable-type printing)

Compounds

• 了畢 / 了毕
• 佔畢 / 占毕
• 凶相畢露
• 原形畢露 / 原形毕露 (yuánxíngbìlù)
• 呼畢勒罕 / 呼毕勒罕 (hūbìlèhǎn)
• 大功畢成 / 大功毕成
• 子平畢娶 / 子平毕娶
• 完畢 / 完毕 (wánbì)
• 悉心畢力 / 悉心毕力
• 月離於畢 / 月离于毕
• 殫精畢力 / 殚精毕力
• 殫精畢思 / 殚精毕思
• 殫誠畢慮 / 殚诚毕虑
• 水陸畢陳 / 水陆毕陈 (shuǐlù bì chén)
• 畢力同心 / 毕力同心
• 畢卓持螯 / 毕卓持螯
• 畢命 / 毕命 (bìmìng)
• 畢姻 / 毕姻
• 畢家塘 / 毕家塘 (Bìjiātáng)
• 畢宿 / 毕宿 (Bìxiù)
• 畢宿星團 / 毕宿星团
• 畢恭畢敬 / 毕恭毕敬 (bìgōngbìjìng)
• 畢拍 / 毕拍
• 畢拉彗星 / 毕拉彗星
• 畢拉爾 / 毕拉尔
• 畢方 / 毕方
• 畢業 / 毕业 (bìyè)
• 畢業典禮 / 毕业典礼 (bìyè diǎnlǐ)
• 畢業式 / 毕业式
• 畢業旅行 / 毕业旅行
• 畢業歌 / 毕业歌
• 畢業生 / 毕业生 (bìyèshēng)
• 畢業考試 / 毕业考试
• 畢業論文 / 毕业论文 (bìyè lùnwén)
• 畢業證書 / 毕业证书 (bìyè zhèngshū)
• 畢氏定理 / 毕氏定理 (Bì-shì dìnglǐ)
• 畢生 / 毕生 (bìshēng)
• 畢生之玷 / 毕生之玷
• 畢生難忘 / 毕生难忘 (bìshēngnánwàng)
• 畢畢剝剝 / 毕毕剥剥
• 畢真 / 毕真
• 畢罷 / 毕罢
• 畢羅 / 毕罗 (bìluó)
• 畢肖 / 毕肖 (bìxiào)
• 畢逋 / 毕逋 (bìbū)
• 畢竟 / 毕竟 (bìjìng)
• 窘態畢露 / 窘态毕露
• 箕風畢雨 / 箕风毕雨
• 群賢畢至 / 群贤毕至 (qúnxiánbìzhì)
• 鄂畢河 / 鄂毕河 (Èbì Hé)
• 醜態畢露 / 丑态毕露
• 鋒芒畢露 / 锋芒毕露 (fēngmángbìlù)

Japanese

Kanji

畢

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ひち (hichi)
• Kan-on: ひつ (hitsu)
• Kun: おわる (owaru, 畢わる)、ことごとく (kotogotoku, 畢く)、あみ (ami)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

畢: Hán Nôm readings: tất

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References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999