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See also: 壁

璧 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 尸十一土戈 (SJMGI), four-corner 7010₃, composition ⿱辟玉)

• 𬉭

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 742, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21269
• Dae Jaweon: page 1151, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1142, character 16
• Unihan data for U+74A7

simp. and trad.	璧

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *peɡ): phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ) + semantic 玉 – a type of jade.

璧

1. jade annulus

• “璧”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

璧

(Jōyō kanji)

1. piece of jade used in ancient China

• Go-on: ひゃく (hyaku)
• Kan-on: へき (heki, Jōyō)
• Kun: たま (tama, 璧)

This character is not to be confused with the visually similar 壁.

Kanji in this term
璧
へき Grade: S
kan'on

璧(へき) • (heki) 

1. annular jade disc of ritual significance in ancient China

From Middle Chinese 璧 (MC pjiek). Recorded as Middle Korean 벽〮 (pyék) (Yale: pyék) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pjʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [벽]

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璧 (eumhun 구슬 벽 (guseul byeok))

1. hanja form^? of 벽 (“jade”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

璧: Hán Nôm readings: bích, bệch, bịch, vách

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