被 · bèi
passive indicator 'by'; bedding
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
passive indicator 'by'; bedding
- Mandarin
- bèi
- Cantonese
- bei6
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 被 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Source record & scope
Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property
ヒ ビ こうむる おおう きる かぶせる る らるKorean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 피
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+88AB
- Radical
- 衣 · 145
- Strokes
- 10 · Unihan
- Residual
- 5
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
10 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 被
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
Component roles · attributed
- 皮 sound component · Hill & List
Hill & List identify 皮 as the phonetic element in 被.
· §1, author preprint p.1 - 衣 semantic component · Hill & List
The semantic component is 衤, the component form of 衣.
· §1, author preprint p.1 - 皮 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 皮聲
Line 12138 · ⿰衤皮 · 皮聲 · source reference 3000720
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- bjeX · 皮彼 反切 · #1204
- Middle Chinese
- bjeH · 平義 反切 · #2161
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 9052 · bjeX = 止開三上支並 · bjeH = 止開三去支並
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- bèi
- kCantonese
- bei6
- kDefinition
- passive indicator 'by'; bedding
- kTotalStrokes
- 10
- kRSUnicode
- 145.5
- kGradeLevel
- 2
- kTGH
- 2013:2118
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- bèi,bì,pī,pì 53085.110
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- bèi 0049.020
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- bèi 014.160
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- bèi(1546)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- bèi粵pei5 bèi粵bei6
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 皮彼 平義
- Kangxi positions
- 1115.100
- Guangyun positions
- 241.25 347.08
- GSR references
- 0025e
- Cangjie
- LDHE
- Four-corner
- 3424.7