匪

Translingual

Han character

匪 (radical 22 匚+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 尸中一卜 (SLMY), four-corner 7171₁, composition ⿷匚非)

1. bandits, robbers, gangsters
2. (archaic) not, it is not . . . , without (modern Mandarin uses 非)

References

• KangXi: page 153, character 45
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2629
• Dae Jaweon: page 346, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 87, character 1
• Unihan data for U+532A

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		匪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fěi (fei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei²
• Min Nan (POJ): húi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: fěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˇ
    • Wade-Giles: fei³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feei
    • IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei²
    • Yale: féi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei²
    • IPA ^(key): /fei̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: húi
    • Tâi-lô: huí
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (匪, reconstructed)
Character (匪), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 微 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 府尾切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pʉiX/	/pwe̯iX/	/piuəiX/	/pʷɨiX/	/pujX/	/pĭwəiX/	/piuəiX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (匪, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
匪								fěi								‹ pjɨjX ›								/*pəjʔ/								bamboo basket
匪								fěi								‹ pjɨjX ›								/*pəjʔ/								bandit
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
匪					3085					非					微					1					匪					/*pɯlʔ/

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Japanese

Kanji

匪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ひ (hi)
• Kun: はこ (hako), かたみ (katami), あらず (arazu)

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Korean

Hanja

匪 (bi, bun) (hangeul 비, 분, revised bi, bun, McCune-Reischauer pi, pun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

匪 (phỉ)

Pronunciation

• Hán Việt: phỉ

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