萆

萆 · bì

the castor-oil plant

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
bì
Cantonese
bei1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

the castor-oil plant

Dictionary definitions & readings

萆 bì · castor seed

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

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53235.180:pì,bì,bēi,bá Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0061.050:bì Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
019.060:bì Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
bēi粵bei1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヒ ヘイ ハツ バチ ヘキ ビャク おおう Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
비:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
胥里 房益 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
THHJ Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4440.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1040.290 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
252.29 519.26 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8406
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7127

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

11 strokes
萆
Strokes
11
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

11 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
siX · 胥里 · 止開三上之心 · #1296
Middle Chinese
bjiek · 房益 · 梗開三入清並 · #3659

PHONO-ML, source line 9385; 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
1146.403
kCowles
3249
kDaeJaweon
1499.180
kHanYu
53235.180
kIRGDaeJaweon
1499.180
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53235.180
kIRGKangXi
1040.290
kKangXi
1040.290
kMatthews
5071
kMeyerWempe
2308
kMorohashi
31255:E0102
kSBGY
252.29 519.26
kSMSZD2003Index
587.07
kCangjie
THHJ
kFourCornerCode
4440.6
kMojiJoho
MJ022201 MJ022201:E0101 MJ022202:E0102
kPhonetic
1029
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5D49
kIRG_HSource
HB2-DB7C
kIRG_JSource
J13-7B25
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6E40
kIRG_KSource
K1-6328
kIRG_TSource
T2-3F61
kRSUnicode
140.8
kTotalStrokes
11
kBigFive
DB7C
kCCCII
232235
kCNS1986
2-3F61
kCNS1992
2-3F61
kEACC
335568
kGB0
6141
kGB1
6141
kJIS0213
1,91,05
kJis1
5638
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:7127
kTaiwanTelegraph
5489
kXerox
277:064
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17082+140.3.8
kCantonese
bei1
kDefinition
the castor-oil plant
kFanqie
胥里 房益
kHangul
비:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53235.180:pì,bì,bēi,bá
kJapanese
ヒ ヘイ ハツ バチ ヘキ ビャク おおう
kJapaneseOn
HI HEI HATSU BACHI
kKorean
PI
kMandarin
bì
kSMSZD2003Readings
bēi粵bei1
kTGHZ2013
019.060:bì
kXHC1983
0061.050:bì
kSemanticVariant
U+84D6<kMatthews

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹卑$(GHTKP)

^⿱艹⿱⿱㇒⿻日丿十$(J)

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