漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
碑: tombstone, monument
JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
石 carries the meaning · 卑 gives the sound
14 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ヒhi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 碑文ひぶんinscription; epitaph; epigraph
- 記念碑きねんひcommemorative plaque (usu. on a stone)
- 石碑せきひstone monument
- 墓碑ぼひ
- 詩碑しひmonument (stele, gravestone, etc.)…
いしぶみishibumi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 碑いしぶみstone monument bearing an inscription…
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine walking along a steep cliff and discovering a solid, square stone lying at the bottom. This is the essence of hardness and durability.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bēi
Same form: 碑 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 碑 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 碑 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin bēi most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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