鼙

鼙 · pí

drum carried on horseback

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
pí
Cantonese
pei4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

drum carried on horseback

Dictionary definitions & readings

鼙 pí · drum carried on horseback

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74765.150:pí Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0867.100:pí Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
281.130:pí Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
pí粵pei4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
バイ ヘイ ベイ うまのりつづみ せめつづみ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
비:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
部迷 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
GEHHJ Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4440.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1526.270 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
090.37 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0874p Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9F19
Radical
鼓 · 207
Strokes
21
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6449

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

21 strokes
鼙
Strokes
21
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

21 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
bej · 部迷 · 蟹開四平齊並 · #310

PHONO-ML, source line 2941; 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
1567.302
kDaeJaweon
2062.270
kGSR
0874p
kHanYu
74765.150
kIRGDaeJaweon
2062.270
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74765.150
kIRGKangXi
1526.270
kKangXi
1526.270
kMatthews
5074
kMeyerWempe
2336h
kMorohashi
48361
kSBGY
090.37
kSMSZD2003Index
829.03
kCangjie
GEHHJ
kFourCornerCode
4440.6
kHKGlyph
4740
kMojiJoho
MJ029992
kPhonetic
1029
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
AGTH
kIRG_GSource
G0-5C31
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C567
kIRG_JSource
J14-7E63
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-9194
kIRG_KSource
K1-6337
kIRG_TSource
T1-7B53
kRSUnicode
207.8
kTotalStrokes
21
kBigFive
C567
kCCCII
216277
kCNS1986
1-7B53
kCNS1992
1-7B53
kEACC
216277
kGB0
6017
kGB1
6017
kJIS0213
2,94,67
kJis1
7713
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7853
kTGH
2013:6449
kTaiwanTelegraph
7853
kXerox
310:170
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15373+207.13.8
kCantonese
pei4
kDefinition
drum carried on horseback
kFanqie
部迷
kHangul
비:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74765.150:pí
kJapanese
バイ ヘイ ベイ うまのりつづみ せめつづみ
kJapaneseKun
TSUTSUMI
kJapaneseOn
HEI BAI
kKorean
PI
kMandarin
pí
kSMSZD2003Readings
pí粵pei4
kTGHZ2013
281.130:pí
kTang
*bhei
kXHC1983
0867.100:pí

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱鼓卑$(GHTKP)

^⿱鼓⿱⿱㇒⿻日丿十$(J)

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