篳篥

See also: 觱篥 and 筚篥

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (篳篥) 篳 篥
simp. (筚篥) 筚 篥
alt. forms
 
觱篥
觱栗
箄篥
悲栗
悲篥
悲慄／悲栗

Etymology

Borrowed from a language in the Western Regions. Compare Khotanese *pīlī (*pīlī, “pipe?”) (as in pīlīrūvī (pīlīrūvī, “clyster-pipe”)), Korean 피리 (piri, “Korean double reed instrument”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 篳 篥
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 質 (48) 質 (48)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 卑吉切 力質切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /piɪt̚/ /liɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pit̚/ /lit̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pjet̚/ /ljet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pit̚/ /lit̚/
Li
Rong		 /piĕt̚/ /liĕt̚/
Wang
Li		 /pĭĕt̚/ /lĭĕt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pi̯ĕt̚/ /li̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 bi lì

Noun

篳篥

  1. (music) bili (a cylindrical double reed wind instrument used in the court and ritual music of China since ancient times)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
篳 篥
ひち
Hyōgaiji		 りき
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi
篳篥 (hichiriki)

Pronunciation

Noun

篳篥 (hiragana ひちりき, rōmaji hichiriki)

  1. a cylindrical double reed wind instrument used in the gagaku music of Japan

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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