緋

See also: 绯

緋 U+7DCB, 緋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DCB ← 緊 [U+7DCA] CJK Unified Ideographs 緌 → [U+7DCC]

Translingual

Han character

緋 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火中一卜 (VFLMY), four-corner 2191₁, composition ⿰糹非)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 929, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27604
• Dae Jaweon: page 1367, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3412, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7DCB

Chinese

trad.		緋
simp.		绯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (非) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
啡	*pʰɯːlʔ
排	*brɯːl
俳	*brɯːl
輫	*brɯːl, *buːl
悲	*prɯl
棑	*breː, *brɯːls
輩	*puːls
裴	*buːl, *bɯl
徘	*buːl
琲	*buːlʔ
痱	*buːlʔ, *pɯds, *bɯl, *bɯls
非	*pɯl
扉	*pɯl
緋	*pɯl
猆	*pɯl
斐	*pɯl, *pʰɯlʔ
馡	*pɯl
騑	*pɯl, *pʰɯl
誹	*pɯl, *pɯlʔ, *pɯls
餥	*pɯl, *pɯlʔ
匪	*pɯlʔ
棐	*pɯlʔ
蜚	*pɯlʔ, *bɯls
篚	*pɯlʔ
榧	*pɯlʔ
鯡	*pɯls
霏	*pʰɯl
菲	*pʰɯl, *pʰɯlʔ, *bɯls
婔	*pʰɯl
裶	*pʰɯl
悱	*pʰɯlʔ
奜	*pʰɯlʔ
腓	*bɯl, *bɯls
陫	*bɯlʔ
屝	*bɯls
厞	*bɯls
翡	*bɯls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pɯl) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 非 (OC *pɯl).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēi (fei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fei¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fei¹

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fi¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): pĭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hui

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hui¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fei
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹
    • Yale: fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fei
    • Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fei¹
    • Yale: fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fi⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui
    • Tâi-lô: hui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³³/

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• Middle Chinese: pj+j

Rime
Character	緋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	甫微切
Baxter	pj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/piuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puj/
Li Rong	/piuəi/
Wang Li	/pĭwəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/pwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	緋
Reading #	1/1
No.	3078
Phonetic component	非
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	猆
Old Chinese	/*pɯl/

Definitions

緋

1. bright red; scarlet

Synonyms

• (bright red):

• 大紅／大红 (dàhóng)
• 嫣紅／嫣红 (yānhóng) (literary)
• 緋紅／绯红 (fēihóng)
• 鮮紅／鲜红 (xiānhóng)

 

Compounds

• 緋紅／绯红 (fēihóng)
• 緋紫／绯紫
• 緋綠／绯绿
• 緋綠社／绯绿社
• 緋聞／绯闻
• 緋衣／绯衣
• 緋衲襖／绯衲袄

 

Japanese

Kanji

緋

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. scarlet, red

Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi)^{←ひ (fi, historical)}
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)^{←ひ (fi, historical)}
• Kun: あか (aka, 緋)
• Nanori: あけ (ake)

Compounds

• 緋(ひ)衣(い) (hii)
• 緋(ひ)色(いろ) (hiiro)
• 緋(ひ)桃(とう) (hitō)

 

Etymology

Kanji in this term
緋
ひ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 緋 (MC pj+j).

Noun

緋(ひ) • (hi) 

1. scarlet

Synonyms

• 緋(ひ)色(いろ) (hiiro)

See also

• 深(しん)紅(こう)色(しょく) (shinkōshoku), 紅(ぐ)蓮(れん) (guren): crimson
• 赤(あか) (aka): red

Korean

Hanja

緋 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)

1. scarlet, red

Compounds

• 비단 (緋緞, Bidan)

 

Vietnamese

Han character

緋: Hán Nôm readings: phi

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