㘠

㘠 U+3620, 㘠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3620 ← 㘟 [U+361F] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㘡 → [U+3621]

Translingual

Han character

㘠 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 田心竹 (WPH), composition ⿴囗必)

1. to close
2. to stop up
3. obstruct

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 217, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 717, character 14
• Unihan data for U+3620

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㘠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bī, bì (bi¹, bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧ, ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹, baai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bi
    • Wade–Giles: pi¹
    • Yale: bī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bi
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵⁵/
      
  • (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: bik¹, baai³
    • Yale: bīk, baai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷, baai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹, bai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵/, /paːi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: pik

Rime
Character	㘠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	彼側切
Baxter	pik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/piek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pik̚/
Li Rong	/piək̚/
Wang Li	/pĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bik1

Definitions

㘠

1. (obsolete) to close; to stop up; to obstruct
2. a surname