Radical 81
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 81 | uni |
| meaning | compare, compete |
| pny | bǐ |
| bopo | ㄅㄧˇ |
| wade | pi3 |
| jyutping | bei2 |
| yale | béi |
| poj | pí |
| cn | (Top) 比字頭/比字头 bǐzìtóu |
| (Bottom) 比字底 bǐzìdǐ | |
| onyomi | ヒ hi |
| kunyomi | くら-べる kura-beru |
| jp | 並びヒ/ならびひ narabihi |
| 比べる/くらべる kuraberu | |
| hang | 견줄 gyeonjul |
| hanja | 비 bi |
| :: |
|81|uni=6BD4 |meaning=compare, compete |pny= bǐ |bopo= ㄅㄧˇ |wade= pi3 |jyutping= bei2 |yale= béi |poj= pí |cn= (Top) 比字頭/比字头 bǐzìtóu (Bottom) 比字底 bǐzìdǐ |onyomi= ヒ hi |kunyomi= くら-べる kura-beru |jp= 並びヒ/ならびひ narabihi 比べる/くらべる kuraberu |hang= 견줄 gyeonjul |hanja= 비 bi
Radical 81 or radical compare (比部) meaning "compare" or "compete" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 21 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
比 is also the 71st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
File:比-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:比-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:比-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:比-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 比 |
| +2 | 毕SC (=畢 - 田) |
| +5 | 毖 毗 毘 |
| +6 | 毙SC (=斃 - 攴) |
| +13 | 毚 |
| :: |
Literature
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