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羆
羆
See also: 罴
Translingual
Han character
羆 (radical 122 网+14, 19 strokes, cangjie input 田中戈心火 (WLIPF), four-corner 60331, composition ⿱罒熊)
References
- KangXi: page 950, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28398
- Dae Jaweon: page 1392, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2928, character 1
- Unihan data for U+7F86
Chinese
| trad. | 羆 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 罴 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (罷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 擺 | *preːlʔ |
| 犤 | *breːl, *pral, *bral |
| 罷 | *breːlʔ, *bral, *bralʔ |
| 矲 | *breːlʔ |
| 羆 | *pral |
| 襬 | *pral, *pʰrals |
| 藣 | *pral, *prals |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
- Wade-Giles: p'ih2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
- IPA (key): /pʰi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: bei1
- Yale: bēi
- Cantonese Pinyin: bei1
- IPA (key): /pei̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phî
- Tâi-lô: phî
- Phofsit Daibuun: phii
- IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /pʰi²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi²³/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 羆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (13) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 彼爲切 |
| 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 |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 羆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
pí |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ pje › |
| Old Chinese |
/*praj/ |
| English | brown-and-white bear |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 羆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 171 |
| Phonetic component |
罷 |
| Rime group |
歌 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
陂 |
| Old Chinese |
/*pral/ |
Noun
羆
Synonyms
Japanese
Kanji
羆
Readings
Alternative forms
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 羆 |
|
ひぐま Hyōgaiji |
| kun'yomi |
Pronunciation
- Kun'yomi
- (Tokyo) ひぐま [hìgúmá] (Heiban - [0])
- (Tokyo) ひぐま [híꜜgùmà] (Atamadaka - [1])
- IPA(key): [çiɡ̃ɯᵝma̠]
Noun
羆 (hiragana ひぐま, katakana ヒグマ, romaji higuma)
Korean
Hanja
羆 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune-Reischauer pi, Yale pi)
- (말곰 비, malgom-): brown bear, horse bear