俳

俳 U+4FF3, 俳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FF3 ← 俲 [U+4FF2] CJK Unified Ideographs 俴 → [U+4FF4]

Translingual

Han character

俳 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, Cangjie input 人中一卜 (OLMY), four-corner 2121₁, composition ⿰亻非)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 106, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 726
• Dae Jaweon: page 226, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 174, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4FF3

Chinese

trad.		俳
simp. #		俳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 俳
Small seal script s05853
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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 *brɯːl): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 非 (OC *pɯl).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pái (pai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paai⁴
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pâi / pai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pái
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pái
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai²
    • Yale: pái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pair
    • Palladius: пай (paj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: paai⁴
    • Yale: pàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːi̯²¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bai²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pai¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pai²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâi
    • Tâi-lô: pâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paai
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen, Taipei): /pai²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pai²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pai
    • Tâi-lô: pai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pay
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pai⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: beaj

Rime
Character	俳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	步皆切
Baxter	beaj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠɛi/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚæi/
Shao Rongfen	/bɐi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bəɨj/
Li Rong	/bɛi/
Wang Li	/bɐi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱăi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	paai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*brɯːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	俳
Reading #	1/1
No.	3065
Phonetic component	非
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	排
Old Chinese	/*brɯːl/

Definitions

俳

1. actor
2. vaudeville show
3. (literary) humorous; funny

Compounds

• 俳倡
• 俳優 / 俳优 (páiyōu)
• 俳優體 / 俳优体
• 俳句 (páijù)
• 俳笑
• 俳諧 / 俳谐 (páixié)
• 俳謔 / 俳谑
• 俳賦 / 俳赋
• 俳體 / 俳体
• 囂俳 / 嚣俳 (hiau-pai) (Min Nan)
• 詼俳 / 诙俳

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pái (pai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pôe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pái
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pái
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai²
    • Yale: pái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pair
    • Palladius: пай (paj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pôe
    • Tâi-lô: puê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poee
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pue²⁴/

Definitions

俳

1. only used in 俳佪

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “俳”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 170.

Japanese

Kanji

俳

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. actor
2. haiku

Readings

• Go-on: べ (be)
• Kan-on: はい (hai, Jōyō)
• Kun: わざおぎ (wazaogi, 俳)

Korean

Hanja

俳 (eum 배 (bae))

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Vietnamese

Han character

俳: Hán Việt readings: bài

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