碑

碑 U+7891, 碑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7891 ← 碐 [U+7890] CJK Unified Ideographs 碒 → [U+7892]

碑 U+FA4B, 碑 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA4B ← 琢 [U+FA4A] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 社 → [U+FA4C]

Translingual

Japanese	碑
Simplified	碑
Traditional	碑

Alternative forms

Note that in Japanese shinjitai, the top left handed stroke ㇓ in 卑 is written as two separate strokes.

Han character

碑 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+8 in Chinese, 石+9 in Japanese, 13 strokes in Chinese, 14 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 一口竹田十 (MRHWJ), four-corner 1664₀, composition ⿰石卑)

Derived characters

• 𥵔

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 832, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24364
• Dae Jaweon: page 1248, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2438, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7891

• Unihan data for U+FA4B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		碑
alternative forms		𥓓 𪿨

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
捭	*preːʔ
牌	*breː, *breː
郫	*breː, *bre, *be
蠯	*breː, *be, *breːŋʔ
猈	*breːʔ, *breː
稗	*breːs
粺	*breːs
𥱼	*breː
豍	*peː
箄	*peː, *pe, *peʔ
錍	*pʰeː, *pe
睥	*pʰeːs
渒	*pʰeːs, *pe
鼙	*beː
鞞	*beː, *pe, *peʔ, *peːŋʔ
椑	*beː, *pe, *beɡ, *beːɡ
崥	*beː, *peʔ
髀	*beːʔ, *peʔ, *piʔ
卑	*pe
鵯	*pe, *pʰiɡ
裨	*pe, *be
痺	*pe
碑	*pre
婢	*peʔ, *beʔ
諀	*pʰeʔ
脾	*be
埤	*be
陴	*be
蜱	*be, *mbew
焷	*be
螷	*be, *breːŋʔ
庳	*beʔ
琕	*biːŋ
萆	*beɡ, *slɯʔ
綼	*biɡ, *peːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pre) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 卑 (OC *pe).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bēi (bei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bei¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): bi¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pî

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bi¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): bei¹
• Northern Min (KCR): bí
• Eastern Min (BUC): bĭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹pe
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bei
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹
    • Yale: bēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bei
    • Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: bei¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bei
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei¹
    • Yale: bēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: bi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pî
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pi²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pi⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: bei¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pei¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi
    • Tâi-lô: pi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: py
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pi³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹pe
    • MiniDict: pe^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pe⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: bei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pe̞i̯³³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 碑
Mandarin	Beijing	/pei⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/pei⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/pei²¹/
	Jinan	/pei²¹³/
	Qingdao	/pe²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/pei²⁴/
	Xi'an	/pi²¹/
	Xining	/pji⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/pei⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/pi³¹/
	Ürümqi	/pei⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/pei⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/pei⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/pei⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/pei⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/pəi³¹/
	Hefei	/pe²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/pei¹¹/
	Pingyao	/pei¹³/
	Hohhot	/pei³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/pe⁵³/
	Suzhou	/pe̞⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/pei³³/
	Wenzhou	/pai³³/
Hui	Shexian	/pe³¹/
	Tunxi	/pe¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/pei³³/
	Xiangtan	/pəi³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/pi⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/pi⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/pi²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/pei⁵³/
	Nanning	/pɐi⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/pei⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/pi⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/pi⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/pi⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/pi³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ʔbɔi²³/

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• Middle Chinese: pje

Rime
Character	碑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	彼爲切
Baxter	pje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/piɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiə̆/
Li Rong	/pje/
Wang Li	/pǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/pie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pre/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pre/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	碑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bēi
Middle Chinese	‹ pje ›
Old Chinese	/*pre/
English	stele; upright pole of stone or wood
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	碑
Reading #	1/1
No.	377
Phonetic component	卑
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	陂
Old Chinese	/*pre/

Definitions

碑

1. stele (Classifier: 塊／块)

   墓碑  ―  mùbēi  ―  tombstone

   界碑  ―  jièbēi  ―  boundary stone

   紀念碑／纪念碑  ―  jìniànbēi  ―  monument

Compounds

• 下馬碑／下马碑 (xiàmǎbēi)
• 勒碑
• 化度寺碑
• 北碑
• 南碑
• 口碑 (kǒubēi)
• 口碑載道／口碑载道
• 史晨碑
• 四絕碑／四绝碑
• 墓碑 (mùbēi)
• 大碑落
• 孔宙碑
• 岣嶁碑／岣嵝碑
• 峴山碑／岘山碑
• 張猛龍碑／张猛龙碑
• 張遷碑／张迁碑
• 御碑亭
• 德政碑
• 打碑
• 拓碑
• 曹全碑
• 曹娥碑
• 有口皆碑 (yǒukǒujiēbēi)
• 李思訓碑／李思训碑
• 李陵碑
• 樹碑立傳／树碑立传
• 沒字碑／没字碑
• 漢孔宙碑／汉孔宙碑
• 漢禮器碑／汉礼器碑
• 無碑記／无碑记
• 爨寶子碑／爨宝子碑
• 爨龍顏碑／爨龙颜碑
• 玄祕塔碑／玄秘塔碑
• 界碑 (jièbēi)
• 石碑 (shíbēi)
• 碑亭 (bēitíng)
• 碑壇／碑坛
• 碑學／碑学
• 碑嶺／碑岭
• 碑帖 (bēitiè)
• 碑文 (bēiwén)
• 碑本
• 碑林 (bēilín)
• 碑版
• 碑珓
• 碑石 (bēishí)
• 碑碣 (bēijié)
• 碑穿
• 碑記／碑记 (bēijì)
• 碑誌／碑志 (bēizhì)
• 碑趺
• 碑銘／碑铭 (bēimíng)
• 碑陰／碑阴 (bēiyīn)
• 碑面
• 碑額／碑额 (bēi'é)
• 神道碑
• 禮器碑／礼器碑
• 立碑
• 紀念碑／纪念碑 (jìniànbēi)
• 臥碑／卧碑
• 華山碑／华山碑
• 豐碑／丰碑 (fēngbēi)
• 里程碑 (lǐchéngbēi)
• 顏勤禮碑／颜勤礼碑
• 顏家廟碑／颜家庙碑
• 魏碑 (wèibēi)
• 麓山寺碑
• 黨籍碑／党籍碑
• 龍藏寺碑／龙藏寺碑

 

References

• “碑”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02849

Japanese

Shinjitai	碑
Kyūjitai	碑 碑 or 碑+︀?
	碑󠄀 碑+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
	碑󠄃 碑+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

碑

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 碑)

1. gravestone

Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
• Kun: いしぶみ (ishibumi, 碑); えりいし (eriishi, 碑); たていし (tateishi, 碑)

Compounds

• 慰霊碑(いれいひ) (ireihi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
碑
いしぶみ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
碑 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 碑 – see the following entry.

【いしぶみ】 [noun] stone engraved with memorial text

(This term, 碑, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
碑
ひ Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
碑 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひ [hì] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çi]

Noun

碑(ひ) • (hi) ^{←ひ (fi)?}

1. stone engraved with memorial text

Synonyms

• 石碑(せきひ) (sekihi)
• 碑(いしぶみ) (ishibumi)

Korean

Hanja

碑 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

碑: Hán Nôm readings: bi

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