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Translingual

Han character

(radical 64 +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手口尸弓 (QRSN), four-corner 52000, composition or ⿰)

References

  • KangXi: page 433, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12141
  • Dae Jaweon: page 783, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1883, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+634C

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-r-gjat (eight).

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. an accounting version of the numeral eight that is otherwise written as

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *brat (cut apart, cut open). Cognate to .

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (1) (1)
Final () (75) (71)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pˠɛt̚/ /pˠat̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/pᵚæt̚/ /pᵚat̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/pæt̚/ /pɐt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pəɨt̚/ /paɨt̚/
Li
Rong
/pɛt̚/ /pat̚/
Wang
Li
/pæt̚/ /pat̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pat̚/ /păt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ba ba
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 817 819
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*preːd/ /*praːd/

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of (, “toothless rake”).
  2. Alternative form of (, “to break open, split open”).

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
alt. forms
 




"to know"
"already"

Min dialectal word for "to know".

Austroasiatic substrate influence; may be related to (“to split; to differentiate”). Cognate with Vietnamese biết (to know), Muong mắt (to know), Proto-Bahnaric *băt ("to remember, to know"), Proto-Hmong-Mien *pei (to know) (White Hmong paub (to know, to understand)).

Many variant written forms exist, but is recommended by Taiwan's Ministry of Education.

Pronunciation


Definitions

(Min)

  1. to know; to recognise; to be familiar with
    [Min Dong]   báik-cê / [pɛiʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɛi²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]   to know how to read
  2. to know (somebody)
    [Min Dong]   n̂g-báik / [(ŋ̍-)m̩²⁴²⁻⁵³ (p-)βaiʔ²⁴] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]   to not know (someone)
  3. already; previously
    [Min Dong]   báik-cèng / [pɛiʔ²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sɛiŋ⁵³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]   a term denoting past tense
    / [Min Nan]   bat chò--kòe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]   to have done something already

Compounds

  • 捌貨捌货
  • 毋捌
  • 相捌

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. an accounting version of the numeral eight that is otherwise written as .

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(pal) (hangeul , revised pal, McCune-Reischauer p'al, Yale phal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(bịt, bát, bít, xốc, bắt)

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