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妣
妣
Translingual
Han character
妣 (radical 38 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女心心 (VPP), four-corner 41410, composition ⿰女比)
- a posthumous name for mothers
- The Book of Rites, Qu Li II, 122:
- 生曰父、曰母、曰妻，死曰考、曰妣、曰嬪。
- While alive, the names of 'father', 'mother', and 'wife' are used; when they are dead, those of 'the completed one', 'the corresponding one', and 'the honored one'.
- The Book of Rites, Qu Li II, 122:
References
- KangXi: page 257, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6103
- Dae Jaweon: page 521, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1030, character 8
- Unihan data for U+59A3
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
妣 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (比) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 梐 | *piː, *biːʔ |
| 狴 | *piː |
| 悂 | *piː, *pʰi |
| 螕 | *piː |
| 鎞 | *piː |
| 蓖 | *piː |
| 篦 | *piː, *bis |
| 批 | *pʰiː |
| 砒 | *pʰiː |
| 鈚 | *pʰiː, *bi |
| 磇 | *pʰiː |
| 媲 | *pʰiːs |
| 笓 | *biː |
| 膍 | *biː, *bi |
| 陛 | *biːʔ |
| 仳 | *pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *bi, *briʔ |
| 吡 | *pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *biɡ |
| 紕 | *be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ |
| 比 | *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ |
| 妣 | *piʔ, *pis |
| 秕 | *piʔ |
| 沘 | *piʔ, *bi |
| 枇 | *piʔ, *bi, *bis |
| 粊 | *pris |
| 庇 | *pis |
| 屁 | *pʰis |
| 琵 | *bi |
| 毗 | *bi |
| 貔 | *bi |
| 豼 | *bi |
| 蚍 | *bi |
| 芘 | *bi, *bis |
| 肶 | *bi |
| 魮 | *bi |
| 阰 | *bi |
| 坒 | *bis, *biɡ |
| 玭 | *bin |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
- Wade-Giles: pih3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
- IPA (key): /pi²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: bei2
- Yale: béi
- Cantonese Pinyin: bei2
- IPA (key): /pei̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí
- Tâi-lô: pí
- Phofsit Daibuun: pie
- IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 妣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 卑履切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/piɪX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/piX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/pjɪX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/piX/ |
| Li Rong |
/piX/ |
| Wang Li |
/piX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/piX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
bǐ |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 妣 | 妣 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
bǐ | bì |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ pjijX › | ‹ pjijH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*pijʔ/ | /*pijʔ-s/ |
| English | deceased mother | deceased mother |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 妣 | 妣 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 512 | 520 |
| Phonetic component |
比 | 比 |
| Rime group |
脂 | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
匕 | 痹 |
| Old Chinese |
/*piʔ/ | /*pis/ |
| Notes | 卑履切注又甫至切 | |
Definitions
妣
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
妣
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
妣 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune-Reischauer pi)
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Vietnamese
Han character
妣 (tỉ)
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