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U+7B46, 筆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B46

[U+7B45]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7B47]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 118, +6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹中手 (HLQ), four-corner 88507, composition 𥫗)

Derived characters

  • 𰂯, 𠽩, 𰊫, 𱜏, 𢴩, , 𤢇, 𨖷, 𪴅, 𤏫, 𤔯, , 𰧤, 𫄂, 𨅗, 𨬾, 𬴟, 𡼸, 𤺭

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 882, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25987
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1310, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2970, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+7B46



Chinese

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*prud
*prud
*ruːd
*rud
*b·rud
*b·lud
*lud
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *prud) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): semantic (bamboo) + phonetic (OC *b·lud, writing brush) – a hand holding a brush . The bamboo () refers to the material of traditional Chinese brushes.

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ris (to draw; picture) or *rit (to draw; boundary) (STEDT). Related to (OC *b·lud); more distant cognates from the allofamic root *b-rəy (to draw, mark; boundary) include (OC *rɯʔ, “to cut jade, put in order”), Tibetan འབྲི ('bri, to write), Burmese ရေး (re:, to write).

Benedict (1972) surmises that this might ultimately be a loan from Austro-Tai into Sino-Tibetan; compare Proto-Austronesian *bulut (hairy filaments of certain plants, husk) (> Cebuano bulut).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (1)
Final () (49)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter pit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pˠiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/pᵚit̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/piet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pjit̚/
Li
Rong
/pjĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/pĭĕt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/pi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bat1
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Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ pit ›
Old
Chinese
/*p.[r]ut/ (borrowed as *prut from Qín dialect)
English writing brush

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 15975
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*prud/
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Note: rare.
Note:
  • big4 - Chaozhou;
  • bêg4 - Jieyang.

Definitions

  1. writing brush
  2. (countable) pen; pencil (Classifier: m c mn;  md)
    一下電話號碼 [MSC, trad.]
    一下电话号码 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ yǒu ma? Jì yīxià zhè ge diànhuà hàomǎ. [Pinyin]
    Do you have a pen to write this phone number?
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to write; to compose; to pen
  4. Classifier for writing or drawing: stroke (of Chinese characters, in a painting, etc.)
    這裡 [MSC, trad.]
    这里 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ zhè ge zì xiě cuò le, zhèlǐ shào le yī . [Pinyin]
    The character you have miswritten lacks one stroke here.
  5. Classifier for sums of money and deals. all nouns using this classifier
    儘早 [MSC, trad.]
    尽早 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ huì jǐnzǎo bǎ zhè qián huán gěi nǐ. [Pinyin]
    I will return the money as soon as possible.

Synonyms

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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing
Chengde
Chifeng
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
Heihe
Qiqihar
Harbin
Jiamusi
Baicheng
Changchun
Tonghua
Shenyang
Jinzhou
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin
Tangshan
Cangzhou
Baoding
Shijiazhuang
Lijin
Jinan
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian
Dandong
Yantai
Yantai (Muping)
Qingdao
Zhucheng
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang
Lingbao
Jining
Linfen
Shangqiu
Yuanyang
Zhengzhou
Xinyang
Baihe
Xi'an
Baoji
Tianshui
Xining
Xuzhou
Fuyang
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan
Lanzhou
Dunhuang
Hami
Ürümqi
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu
Nanchong
Dazhou
Hanyuan
Xichang
Zigong
Chongqing
Wuhan
Yichang
Xiangyang
Tianmen
Guiyang
Zunyi
Bijie
Liping
Zhaotong
Dali
Kunming
Mengzi
Guilin
Pingle
Liuzhou
Luzhai
Nanning (Fujian)
Nanning (Wuming)
Binyang (Nanjie)
Hechi (Yizhou)
Luocheng (Dongmen)
Tianlin (Langping)
Jishou
Changde
Yongzhou
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
Hanzhong
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing
Yangzhou
Lianyungang
Lianshui
Nantong
Anqing
Wuhu
Hefei
Hong'an
Cantonese Hong Kong
Dongguan
Wuzhou
Baise
Qinzhou
Gan Nanchang
Lichuan
Pingxiang
Hakka Meixian
Huizhou Jixi
Shexian
Shexian (Daguyun)
Jin Taiyuan
Yangyuan
Datong
Xinzhou
Lüliang (Lishi)
Changzhi
Linhe
Jining
Hohhot
Erenhot
Pingshan
Zhangjiakou
Handan
Linzhou
Suide
Northern Min Jian'ou
Eastern Min Fuzhou
Southern Min Guilin (Biyange)
Haikou
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi)
Wu Shanghai
Shanghai (Chongming)
Danyang
Hangzhou
Ningbo
Xiangshan
Wenzhou
Jinhua
Yiwu
Xiang Loudi
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Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (ひつ) (hitsu)
  • Korean: 필(筆) (pil)
  • Vietnamese: bút ()

Others

  • Buryat: ᠪᠢᠷ (bir) / биирэ (biire)
  • Khmer: ពិត (pɨt, small Chinese-style writing brush)
  • Korean: (but, “writing brush”)
  • Proto-Be: *ɓitᴰ¹
  • Manchu: ᡶᡳ (fi, brush), ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝ (bithe, book), ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝᠰᡳ (bithesi, scribe)
  • Tibetan: པིར (pir, writing brush, pen)
    • Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠷ (bir) / бийр (biir)
  • Proto-Turkic: *biti-
    • Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃 (b²it²i /⁠biti-⁠/, to write)
    • Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠬᠦ (bičikü) / бичих (bičix, to write)
    • Proto-Turkic: *bitig
      • Hungarian: betű
      • Oghur:
        • Chuvash: пӗтӳ (pĕt̬ü, amulet)
      • Proto-Common Turkic: *bitig, *bitik
      • Proto-Oghuz: *bitig, *bitik
        • West Oghuz:
          • Old Anatolian Turkish: بِتى (biti, letter, written document)
            • Azerbaijani: bitik (archaic)
            • Ottoman Turkish: بتى (biti, letter, written document; memory (literature); bill, document)
              • Turkish: biti (letter, post; amulet; notebook; book; forme; amulet; credentials, document, compass, licence; clerk) (dialectal)
        • East Oghuz:
      • Karluk:
        • Karakhanid: بِتِكٔ (bitig, bitik)
          • Khorezmian Turkic:
            • Bulgar: بطك (bitik)
            • Chagatai:
              • Uzbek: bitik
              • Uyghur: بېتىك (bëtik)
      • Kipchak:
        • Kipchak: بتو (bitüv, bitiv), بتی (biti), بتك (bitik)[1]
        • North Kipchak:
          • Bashkir: бетеү (betew, amulet)
          • Tatar: бөти (böti, letter, amulet)
        • West Kipchak:
          • Karaim: битик (bitik)
          • Kumyk: битик (bitik, amulet)
        • South Kipchak:
          • Caspian:
            • Kazakh: бітік (bıtık, letter, scripture)
      • Siberian:
        • Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏 (b²it²g /⁠bitig⁠/)
          • Turkish: betik
          • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (bitig)
            • Western Yugur: [script needed] (pïʰtïɣ, book)
      • Mongolian: бичиг (bičig)
        • Kyrgyz: бичик (bicik, book of Kalmyk)
        • Southern Altai: бичик (bičik, book)
        • Khakas: пічік (pìçìk, book)
        • Shor: пичик (script, alphabet)
        • Tuvan: бижик (bijik)
        • Yakut: бичик (bicik)
  • Vietnamese: viết (to write)
  • Zhuang: bit

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