芘

芘 · bǐ / pí

Malva sylvestris

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
bǐ · pí
Cantonese
pei4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

Malva sylvestris

Dictionary definitions & readings

芘 pí · Malva sylvestris

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53179.170:pí,bì Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
017.140:bǐ Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヒ ビ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
비:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
房脂 毗至 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TPP Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4471.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1019.080 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
052.11 355.11 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0566z Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8298
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
7
Residual strokes
4
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6573

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

7 strokes
芘
Strokes
7
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

7 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
bjij · 房脂 · 止開三平脂並 · #147
Middle Chinese
bjijH · 毗至 · 止開三去脂並 · #2233

PHONO-ML, source line 1237; 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
1124.201
kDaeJaweon
1476.250
kGSR
0566z
kHanYu
53179.170
kIRGDaeJaweon
1476.250
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53179.170
kIRGKangXi
1019.080
kKangXi
1019.080
kMorohashi
30693:E0102
kSBGY
052.11 355.11
kCangjie
TPP
kFourCornerCode
4471.1
kMojiJoho
MJ021535 MJ021535:E0101 MJ021536:E0102
kPhonetic
1030
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5C45
kIRG_HSource
HB2-CDB6
kIRG_JSource
J1-573A
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6D30
kIRG_KSource
K1-6326
kIRG_TSource
T2-2856
kRSUnicode
140.4
kTotalStrokes
7
kBigFive
CDB6
kCCCII
227C3B
kCNS1986
2-2856
kCNS1992
2-2856
kEACC
2D3C6D
kGB0
6037
kGB1
6037
kJis1
5526
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
9167
kTGH
2013:6573
kTaiwanTelegraph
9127
kXerox
313:173
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+22302+81.4.3 C+22302+140.3.4
kCantonese
pei4
kDefinition
Malva sylvestris
kFanqie
房脂 毗至
kHangul
비:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53179.170:pí,bì
kJapanese
ヒ ビ
kJapaneseOn
HI BI
kKorean
PI
kMandarin
bǐ pí
kTGHZ2013
017.140:bǐ

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 芘0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹比$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.