襞

襞 · bì

fold, pleat, crease

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
bì
Cantonese
bik1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

fold, pleat, crease

Dictionary definitions & readings

襞 bì · creases; folds or pleats in a garment

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53117.030:bì Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0061.110:bì Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
020.130:bì Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
bì粵bik1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヘキ ヒャク ひだ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
벽:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
必益 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
SJYHV Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7073.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1125.330 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
519.47 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+895E
Radical
衣 · 145
Strokes
19
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6417

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

19 strokes
襞
Strokes
19
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

19 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
pjiek · 必益 · 梗開三入清幫 · #3662

PHONO-ML, source line 19063; 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
1220.603
kDaeJaweon
1593.030
kHanYu
53117.030
kIRGDaeJaweon
1593.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53117.030
kIRGKangXi
1125.330
kKangXi
1125.330
kMatthews
5118
kMeyerWempe
2354c
kMorohashi
34645
kNelson
4265
kSBGY
519.47
kSMSZD2003Index
634.15
kCangjie
SJYHV
kFourCornerCode
7073.2
kMojiJoho
MJ024155
kPhonetic
1040
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTJ
kIRG_GSource
G0-7445
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C3CE
kIRG_JSource
J0-6A7E
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-748D
kIRG_KSource
K1-6164
kIRG_TSource
T1-7879
kRSUnicode
145.13
kTotalStrokes
19
kBigFive
C3CE
kCCCII
233025
kCNS1986
1-7879
kCNS1992
1-7879
kEACC
233025
kGB0
8437
kGB1
8437
kJis0
7494
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
9268
kTGH
2013:6417
kTaiwanTelegraph
5988
kXerox
276:251
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6627+145.6.13
kCantonese
bik1
kDefinition
fold, pleat, crease
kFanqie
必益
kHangul
벽:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53117.030:bì
kJapanese
ヘキ ヒャク ひだ
kJapaneseKun
HIDA SHIWA
kJapaneseOn
HEKI HYAKU
kKorean
PYEK
kMandarin
bì
kSMSZD2003Readings
bì粵bik1
kTGHZ2013
020.130:bì
kXHC1983
0061.110:bì

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 襞0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱辟衣$(GHTJKP)

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