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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 91 +8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中中竹竹十 (LLHHJ), four-corner 26040, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 693, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19854
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1106, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2016, character 28
  • Unihan data for U+724C

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*preːʔ
*breː, *breː
*breː, *bre, *be
*breː, *be, *breːŋʔ
*breːʔ, *breː
*breːs
*breːs
𥱼 *breː
*peː
*peː, *pe, *peʔ
*pʰeː, *pe
*pʰeːs
*pʰeːs, *pe
*beː
*beː, *pe, *peʔ, *peːŋʔ
*beː, *pe, *beɡ, *beːɡ
*beː, *peʔ
*beːʔ, *peʔ, *piʔ
*pe
*pe, *pʰiɡ
*pe, *be
*pe
*pre
*peʔ, *beʔ
*pʰeʔ
*be
*be
*be
*be, *mbew
*be
*be, *breːŋʔ
*beʔ
*biːŋ
*beɡ, *slɯʔ
*biɡ, *peːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *breː, *breː) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *pe).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (3) (3)
Final () (31) (33)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bˠɛ/ /bˠɛi/
Pan
Wuyun
/bᵚæ/ /bᵚæi/
Shao
Rongfen
/bæi/ /bɐi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/baɨj/ /bəɨj/
Li
Rong
/bɛ/ /bɛi/
Wang
Li
/bai/ /bɐi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱai/ /bʱăi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
pái pái
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 349 355
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*breː/ /*breː/

Definitions

  1. board; plate
  2. census plate
  3. signboard; placard; sign; tablet
  4. brand; trademark
  5. nameplate
  6. Name of a type of historical documents delivered to the lower levels.
  7. playing cards; cards; dominoes; mahjong; etc.
       pái   to play cards
  8. list (of prices)
  9. shield
  10. memorial (gateway or building)
  11. pitch (style) of ancient Chinese poetry (ci) or music (qu)
  12. manner; air; shape
  13. (Min Nan) plaque; memorial tablet
  14. (Jilu Mandarin) Classifier for card games. round

Compounds

  • 橋牌桥牌 (qiáopái)
  • 殼牌壳牌
  • 汽車號牌汽车号牌
  • 洗牌
  • 無將牌无将牌
  • 無牌无牌
  • 牌位 (páiwèi)
  • 牌價牌价
  • 牌匾
  • 牌坊
  • 牌子 (páizi)
  • 牌戲牌戏
  • 牌樓牌楼
  • 牌照 (páizhào)
  • 牌號牌号
  • 狗牌 (gǒupái)
  • 獎牌奖牌
  • 王牌 (wángpái)
  • 玩牌
  • 登機牌登机牌
  • 發牌发牌
  • 盾牌 (dùnpái)
  • 站牌
  • 符牌
  • 紅牌红牌
  • 紙牌纸牌 (zhǐpái)
  • 老牌
  • 萬智牌万智牌
  • 虎牌
  • 虎頭牌虎头牌
  • 號牌号牌 (hàopái)
  • 號碼牌号码牌
  • 車牌车牌 (chēpái)
  • 車號牌车号牌
  • 金牌 (jīnpái)
  • 銀牌银牌 (yínpái)
  • 銅牌铜牌 (tóngpái)
  • 門牌门牌
  • 雙牌双牌
  • 雜牌杂牌
  • 頭牌头牌
  • 餐牌 (cānpái)
  • 骨牌
  • 麻將牌麻将牌
  • 黃牌黄牌

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():

Others:

  • Burmese: ဖဲ (hpai:, playing cards; game of cards)
  • Khmer: បៀ (biĕ, playing cards)
  • Lao: ໄພ້ (phai, playing cards)
  • Shan: ၽၢႆႉ (pʰaaj5, domino, playing cards)
  • Thai: ไพ่ (pâi, playing cards)
  • White Hmong: phaib (playing cards)
  • Zhuang: bej (playing cards)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(pae, bae) (hangeul , , revised pae, bae, McCune-Reischauer p'ae, pae, Yale phay, pay)

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Compounds

  • 깡牌 (깡패)

Vietnamese

Han character

(bài, bìa, bời)

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