鐾

鐾 · bèi

to strop, to sharpen by rubbing against leather, stone, etc.

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
bèi
Cantonese
bik1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

to strop, to sharpen by rubbing against leather, stone, etc.

Dictionary definitions & readings

鐾 bèi · to sharpen (a knife) on a stone or a strop; Taiwan pr. bì

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0049.040:bèi Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
015.120:bèi Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
bèi,bì粵bik1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヘイ ベイ ヒ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
蒲計 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
SJC Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7010 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1324.150 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+943E
Radical
金 · 167
Strokes
21
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6461

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

21 strokes
鐾
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
bejH · 蒲計 · 蟹開四去齊並 · #2379

PHONO-ML, source line 13689; 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
kHanYu
64266.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
64266.030
kIRGKangXi
1324.150
kKangXi
1324.150
kMorohashi
40943
kSMSZD2003Index
739.10
kCangjie
SJC
kFourCornerCode
7010
kMojiJoho
MJ027302
kUnihanCore2020
GH
kIRG_GSource
G0-764D
kIRG_HSource
H-9A4F
kIRG_JSource
JMJ-027302
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-81B1
kIRG_TSource
T4-6762
kRSUnicode
167.13
kTotalStrokes
21
kEACC
4D477B
kGB0
8645
kGB1
8645
kTGH
2013:6461
kXerox
321:333
kCantonese
bik1
kDefinition
to strop, to sharpen by rubbing against leather, stone, etc.
kFanqie
蒲計
kJapanese
ヘイ ベイ ヒ
kMandarin
bèi
kSMSZD2003Readings
bèi,bì粵bik1
kTGHZ2013
015.120:bèi
kXHC1983
0049.040:bèi

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 鐾0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱辟金$(GHTP)

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