比 · bǐ
to compare, liken; comparison; than; hexagram ䷇
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
to compare, liken; comparison; than; hexagram ䷇
- Mandarin
- bǐ
- Cantonese
- bei2
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 比 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 ヒツ ビチ くらべる ころ ころおい たぐう たぐえる ならび ならぶ ならべる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
- 비
- 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+6BD4
- Radical
- 比 · 81
- Strokes
- 4 · Unihan
- Residual
- 0
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
4 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 比
Character connections
Follow this component
Sentence context · 1 matches
他得到了比我们还高的分数。
Source, contributors & licenses
Mandarin: Tatoeba #402781 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log · Current owner: GlossaMatik
English: Tatoeba #402777 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log · Current owner: CM
Source text unchanged. Original contributor and text editors are credited from the source log, separately from the current owner.
History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- bjij · 房脂 反切 · #147
- Middle Chinese
- pjijX · 卑履 反切 · #1258
- Middle Chinese
- bjijH · 毗至 反切 · #2233
- Middle Chinese
- pjijH · 必至 反切 · #2235
- Middle Chinese
- bjit · 毗必 反切 · #3306
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 1234 · bjij = 止開三平脂並 · pjijX = 止開三上脂幫 · bjijH = 止開三去脂並 · pjijH = 止開三去脂幫 · bjit = 臻開三入眞並
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
- bǐ
- kCantonese
- bei2
- kDefinition
- to compare, liken; comparison; than; hexagram ䷇
- kTotalStrokes
- 4
- kRSUnicode
- 81.0
- kGradeLevel
- 1
- kTGH
- 2013:105
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- bǐ,bì,pí,pǐ 21415.080
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- bǐ 0056.030
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- bǐ 017.130
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- bǐ(1774)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- bǐ粵bei2 bǐ,bì粵bei6,bei2
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 房脂 卑履 毗至 必至 毗必
- Kangxi positions
- 0590.090
- Guangyun positions
- 052.08 248.09 355.03 355.20 471.31
- GSR references
- 0566g
- Cangjie
- PP
- Four-corner
- 2171.0