陴

陴 U+9674, 陴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9674 ← 陳 [U+9673] CJK Unified Ideographs 陵 → [U+9675]

Translingual

Han character

陴 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+8, 11 strokes, Cangjie input 弓中竹田十 (NLHWJ), four-corner 7614₀, composition ⿰阝卑)

1. a parapet on a city wall

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1354, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41702
• Dae Jaweon: page 1857, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4137, character 18
• Unihan data for U+9674

Chinese

simp. and trad.		陴
alternative forms		埤

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pí, bì (pi², bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ, ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pí
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²
    • Yale: pí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵/
      
  • (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: pei⁴
    • Yale: pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bjie

Rime
Character	陴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符支切
Baxter	bjie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biə̆/
Li Rong	/bie/
Wang Li	/bǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*be/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	陴
Reading #	1/1
No.	388
Phonetic component	卑
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	陴
Old Chinese	/*be/

Definitions

陴

1. parapet

Compounds

• 登陴 (dēngpí)

Japanese

Kanji

陴

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. parapet on a city wall

Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi)、び (bi)、はい (hai)、ばい (bai)
• Kun: ひめがき (himegaki)

Korean

Hanja

陴 (eum 비 (bi))

1. a parapet on a city wall