Zi:比

比 [bǐ] compare; 比​较 relatively; 比​如 for ex.; 比​赛 competition; (radical 81, 比​部); (​卦​名) ䷇ Together; (HDZ:) … [bì] (​旧​读) (cf. 比比) [pí] ​皋比 [pǐ] ​庀

3 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►¹bǐ* ​比 {A} cov. compared to ‖ Dìqiú ∼ yuèqiú dà. 地球∼月球大。 The earth is larger than the moon. ◆v. ①compare; contrast ‖ “Jị̌ bị̌ jǐ?” ... “Jiụ̌ bǐ qī.” “几∼几?” … “九∼七。” “What's the score?” ... “Nine to seven.” ②emulate ③draw analogy ④copy ⑤gesture ◆b.f. ratio ►bǐlǜ 比率 ◆n. name of one of the Sixty-four Hexagrams (䷇)
►⁴⁶bì ​比 char. ►¹bìbì 比比
►¹⁹pí ​比 char. ►²gāopí 皋比

The Shuōwén Seal form of 比 bì/bǐ ‘close/juxtaposed; compare/compete’ doubles ​匕 bǐ ‘person facing right/west’; it is the opposite of ​从 cóng ‘follow/obey’ with ​人 rén ‘person facing left/east’; formerly wr. ​夶.
    Note: Formerly pronounced 比 bì (HDZ; cf. ABC 比比 bìbì), but today only 比 bǐ (GFC).
    Compare: 比 bì/bǐ ← MC /bieis/biei/pieis/biet/; ​譬 pì ‘(make/offer) analogy/metaphor/simile’ ← MC /phies/ (SBGY).
    Compare: ​从 cóng ‘follow/obey’; ​此 cǐ; ​化 huà; ​昆 kūn ‘together; elder brother’ (​昆​弟 ‘brothers’).
    Compare: ​北 bèi/běi ‘back/north’, later distinguished as ​北 běi ‘north’, vs. ​背 bèi ‘back/rear’.
    Compare: ​艮(​𥃩) gèn ‘refuse/disobey’ (also with ​匕 bǐ); ​競(​𧫘) jìng, ​兢(​𠓆) jīng ‘compete’.
    Note: 比​目​鱼 bǐmùyú ‘flounder; (fig.) fast friends, inseparable sweethearts’: the two eyes of the flounder, like close friends (比), cannot bear to be apart, so one migrates/travels (​游​行) to the other (cf. HDC).
    “[比] Two ​匕 (​人 reversed) men placed together” —Karlgren(AD).
    HDZ: 比 bǐ (​旧​读 bì): (​甲) ​卜​辞比/​从​一​字; ​亲, ​亲​近; ​密 (​与 “​稀”、“​疏” ​相​对); ​合, ​亲​合; ​辅​助; ​调​顺, ​和​协; ​同, ​齐​同; ​并​列, ​排​列; ​相​连​接; ​每, ​连; ​先, ​先​前; ​勾​结, ​结​党​营​私; (​卦​名) ䷇; ​矢​栝; ​篦​子; (​古​哈​萨​克​族…) ​君​长; (​副​词) ​皆, ​都, ​频, ​近; (​介​词) ​替, ​代, ​及, ​等​到, ​和…​相比; ​庇: ​托​庇; ​鼻 (bí): ​始; 比​较, ​较​量; ​考​校/​較, ​核​查; 比​配, ​能​够​相比; ​类, ​辈; ​类​似, ​相​类; 比​喻, 比​方; 比​照, ​仿​照; 比​画 (比​畫/​劃: ​用​手​做​姿​势​帮​助​说​话​或​代​替​说​话; …); ​对​着, ​向​着; ​例, ​条​例; (​古) ​五​家; (​古) ​官​府; ​六​义​之​一; ​本, ​本​来; (​数​学) 比​率, 比​例; 比​赛; (​国​名) “比​利​时” ​简​称; (​姓) • pí : ​皐/​皋比: ​虎​皮 (cf. ​皮, ​毗) • pǐ : ​庀: ​治​理, ​准​备
    HDC: 比比 : ​频​频, ​屡​屡; ​连​续, ​接​连; ​到​处, ​处​处; ​到​处​都​有​或​每​每​有​之
    HDC: 比比​皆​是 : ​到​处​都​是, ​到​处​都​有
►references: Guǎngyùn:052.08,248.09,355.03,355.20,471.31; Wieger:27i; Karlgren:AD714,GSR566g; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1415.8; Lindqvist:26; Mathews:5077; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:590.09; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:006.1.10; Wáng(1993):7; EDOC:1
►components: ​​匕​匕
►Cantonese: bei/
►stroke 比 (... strokes)   
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Unicode: U+6BD4
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