篦

篦 · bì

fine-toothed comb; comb hair

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
bì
Cantonese
bei6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

fine-toothed comb; comb hair

Dictionary definitions & readings

篦 bì · fine-toothed comb; to comb

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53002.010:bì,pí Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0061.090:bì Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
020.050:bì Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
bì粵bei6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヘイ ヒ ビ の へら Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
비:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
邊兮 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HHWP Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
8871.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0895.040 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
088.60 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7BE6
Radical
竹 · 118
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6126

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
篦
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
pej · 邊兮 · 蟹開四平齊幫 · #302

PHONO-ML, source line 2852; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1019.605
kCowles
3271
kDaeJaweon
1322.060
kFennIndex
401.03
kHanYu
53002.010
kIRGDaeJaweon
1322.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53002.010
kIRGKangXi
0895.040
kKangXi
0895.040
kMatthews
5090
kMeyerWempe
2230a 2322
kMorohashi
26356 26356:E0101
kNelson
3426
kSBGY
088.60
kSMSZD2003Index
505.07
kCangjie
HHWP
kFenn
317K
kFourCornerCode
8871.1
kMojiJoho
MJ019622 MJ019622:E0101 MJ060027:E0102
kPhonetic
1037
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7377
kIRG_HSource
HB1-BF7B
kIRG_JSource
J0-6444
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-64BD
kIRG_KSource
K1-6322
kIRG_TSource
T1-7165
kRSUnicode
118.10
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
BF7B
kCCCII
2E6C46
kCNS1986
1-7165
kCNS1992
1-7165
kEACC
2E6C46
kGB0
8387
kGB1
8387
kJis0
6836
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4653
kTGH
2013:6126
kTaiwanTelegraph
4653
kXerox
270:151
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6005+118.6.10
kCantonese
bei6
kDefinition
fine-toothed comb; comb hair
kFanqie
邊兮
kHangul
비:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53002.010:bì,pí
kJapanese
ヘイ ヒ ビ の へら
kJapaneseKun
HERA NO
kJapaneseOn
HEI
kKorean
PI
kMandarin
bì
kSMSZD2003Readings
bì粵bei6
kTGHZ2013
020.050:bì
kXHC1983
0061.090:bì
kSemanticVariant
U+7B13<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe

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Structure & connections

0.10
5dictionary records using 篦0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
𥫗 above 𣬉 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱𥫗𣬉$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱𥫗𣬉$(GHTJKP)

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