Radical
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
13
Mandarin
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
13 strokes
Strokes
16 strokes
Mandarin

Definitions by reading

biah4
Mandarin equivalent
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng biah4 Chenghai biah4 Jieyang biah4 Raoping biah4 Shantou biah4
①墙:壁报
②陡峭的山崖:悬崖峭壁
③壁垒:坚壁清野
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
幫母 四等 口 青韵 入声 北激切
Reconstruction:
Original

說文云:垣也。釋名曰:壁,辟也,辟禦風寒也。漢官典職曰:省中皆胡粉壁,紫素界之,畫古烈士。亦州名,本漢宕渠地,武德初爲壁州。北激切。六。