陴

陴 · pí

a parapet on a city wall

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
pí
Cantonese
pei4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a parapet on a city wall

Dictionary definitions & readings

陴 pí · parapet

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

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
64137.180:pí,bì Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0867.150:pí Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
281.050:pí Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
pí粵pei4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヒ ビ ハイ バイ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
비:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
符支 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
NLHHJ Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7614.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1354.040 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
047.17 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0874i Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9674
Radical
阜 · 170
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7085

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

10 strokes
陴
Strokes
10
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

10 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
bjie · 符支 · 止開三平支並 · #117

PHONO-ML, source line 1041; 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
1429.202
kDaeJaweon
1857.040
kGSR
0874i
kHanYu
64137.180
kIRGDaeJaweon
1857.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
64137.180
kIRGKangXi
1354.040
kKangXi
1354.040
kMatthews
5165
kMorohashi
41702
kSBGY
047.17
kSMSZD2003Index
752.08
kCangjie
NLHHJ
kFourCornerCode
7614.0
kMojiJoho
MJ027615
kPhonetic
1029
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
AGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5A70
kIRG_HSource
HB1-B3B2
kIRG_JSource
J1-665B
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-833C
kIRG_KSource
K1-6331
kIRG_TSource
T1-5D76
kRSUnicode
170.8
kTotalStrokes
10
kBigFive
B3B2
kCCCII
215F29
kCNS1986
1-5D76
kCNS1992
1-5D76
kEACC
215F29
kGB0
5880
kGB1
5880
kJis1
7059
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7116
kTGH
2013:7085
kTaiwanTelegraph
7116
kXerox
307:310
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+19957+170.3.8
kCantonese
pei4
kDefinition
a parapet on a city wall
kFanqie
符支
kHangul
비:1N
kHanyuPinyin
64137.180:pí,bì
kJapanese
ヒ ビ ハイ バイ
kJapaneseKun
HIMEGAKI
kJapaneseOn
HI BI HAI BAI
kKorean
PI
kMandarin
pí
kSMSZD2003Readings
pí粵pei4
kTGHZ2013
281.050:pí
kTang
bhiɛ
kXHC1983
0867.150:pí

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 陴0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰阝卑$(GHTKP)

^⿰阝⿱⿱㇒⿻日丿十$(J)

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