碑 — bi

Parts that make up 碑

How 碑 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 碑 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 石, 卑.

Korean example words with 碑

• 단비斷碑 Korean gloss: 깨진 비석
• 비석碑石 Korean gloss: 돌로 만든 비
• 고비古碑 Korean gloss: 오래된 옛 비석
• 비문碑文 Korean gloss: 비석에 새긴 글
• 시비詩碑 Korean gloss: 시를 새긴 비석
• 비명碑銘 Korean gloss: 비석에 새긴 글자
• 비루碑樓 Korean gloss: 비가 서 있는 누각
• 비신碑身 Korean gloss: 비문을 새긴 비석의 몸체
• 비면碑面 Korean gloss: 글을 새긴 비석의 앞쪽 면
• 비표碑表 Korean gloss: 비문(碑文)을 새긴 비석의 겉면
• 벽비壁碑 Korean gloss: 무덤 내부의 벽에 새기거나 부착한 묘비
• 비각碑閣 Korean gloss: 비를 세우고 비바람 따위를 막기 위하여 그 위를 덮어 지은 집

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 碑

• 碑いしぶみ stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela
• 記念碑きねんひ commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
• 碑文ひぶん inscription; epitaph; epigraph
• 石碑せきひ stone monument
• 墓碑ぼひ gravestone; tombstone
• 詩碑しひ monument (stele, gravestone, etc.) engraved with a poem
• 歌碑かひ monument (stele, gravestone, etc.) engraved with a waka
• 建碑けんぴ erection of a monument
• 碑銘ひめい inscription; epitaph
• 口碑こうひ oral tradition; legend; folklore
• 碑石ひせき stone monument
• 句碑くひ slab with a haiku cut on it

Characters sharing the phonetic 卑

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “비” in Korean.

Other hanja read “비”

Other hanja with radical 石