璧
Information about character(s)
Radical: 玉Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 18
Pronunciation
Pinyin: bìCantonese: bik1 bik3
JapaneseKun: TAMA
JapaneseOn: HEKI
Korean: PYEK
Vietnamese: bích
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: piece of jade with hole in itCE-Dict: jade annulus
21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a doughnut-shaped piece of flat jade with the hole's diameter shorter than the width of the rim
說文解字 - Shuowen: 《玉部》璧 瑞玉圜也。从玉辟聲。
康熙字典文字版 【午集上】【玉字部】 璧
【唐韻】北激切【集韻】【韻會】必益切【正韻】必歷切,𠀤音辟。【說文】瑞玉,圜器也。【玉篇】瑞玉圜以象天也。【白虎通】璧者,外圜象天,內方象地。【詩·衞風】如圭如璧。【爾雅·釋器】肉倍好謂之璧。【註】肉,邊也。好,孔也。 又星名。【詩·衞風·定之方中疏】璧居南則在室東,故因名東璧也。通作辟。 又【韻補】叶必洛切,音近博。【江淹·擬曹植雜詩】君王禮英賢,不吝千金璧。從容冰井臺,淸池映華薄。
CF-Dict: disque de jade