薜

薜 · bì

evergreen shrubs, genus Ligusticum

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
bì
Cantonese
bai6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

evergreen shrubs, genus Ligusticum

Dictionary definitions & readings

薜 bì · Ficus pumila

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53308.140:bì,bò,bó,bài,pì Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0062.030:bì Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
020.030:bì Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
bì粵bai6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヘイ ヘキ ヒャク ベイ ハク バク ハイ ベ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
蒲計 博厄 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TSRJ Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4464.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1061.240 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
374.19 513.50 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0853x Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+859C
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6054

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
薜
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
bejH · 蒲計 · 蟹開四去齊並 · #2379
Middle Chinese
peak · 博厄 · 梗開二入耕幫 · #3627

PHONO-ML, source line 13685; 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
1171.104
kDaeJaweon
1525.190
kGSR
0853x
kHanYu
53308.140
kIRGDaeJaweon
1525.190
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53308.140
kIRGKangXi
1061.240
kKangXi
1061.240
kMorohashi
32125:E0102
kSBGY
374.19 513.50
kSMSZD2003Index
601.10
kCangjie
TSRJ
kFourCornerCode
4464.1
kHKGlyph
3548
kMojiJoho
MJ022942 MJ022942:E0101 MJ022943:E0102
kPhonetic
1040
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTH
kIRG_GSource
G0-5E35
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C1A3
kIRG_JSource
J0-6930
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6FE2
kIRG_KSource
K2-5A26
kIRG_TSource
T1-752D
kRSUnicode
140.13
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
C1A3
kCCCII
215627
kCNS1986
1-752D
kCNS1992
1-752D
kEACC
215627
kGB0
6221
kGB1
6221
kJis0
7316
kMainlandTelegraph
5643
kTGH
2013:6054
kTaiwanTelegraph
5643
kXerox
306:160
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6455+140.3.13
kCantonese
bai6
kDefinition
evergreen shrubs, genus Ligusticum
kFanqie
蒲計 博厄
kHanyuPinyin
53308.140:bì,bò,bó,bài,pì
kJapanese
ヘイ ヘキ ヒャク ベイ ハク バク ハイ ベ
kJapaneseKun
TOUKI YAMAASA KATAYORU
kJapaneseOn
HEKI HEI HAKU
kKorean
PYEK PHYEY
kMandarin
bì
kSMSZD2003Readings
bì粵bai6
kTGHZ2013
020.030:bì
kTang
bhèi
kXHC1983
0062.030:bì

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹辟$(GHTJKP)

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