匪

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		匪
simp. #		匪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 匪
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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 *pɯlʔ) : semantic 匚 (“box”) + phonetic 非 (OC *pɯl)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fěi (fei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei²
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fi¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): húi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huin² / hui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fěi
    • Wade–Giles: fei³
    • Yale: fěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feei
    • Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fei²
    • Yale: féi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fi⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: húi
    • Tâi-lô: huí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huin² / hui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: húiⁿ / húi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hũĩ⁵²/, /hui⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: pj+jX

Rime
Character	匪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	府尾切
Baxter	pj+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉiX/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷɨiX/
Shao Rongfen	/piuəiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pujX/
Li Rong	/piuəiX/
Wang Li	/pĭwəiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pwe̯iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pəjʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	匪	匪
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fěi	fěi
Middle Chinese	‹ pjɨjX ›	‹ pjɨjX ›
Old Chinese	/*pəjʔ/	/*pəjʔ/
English	bamboo basket	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	匪
Reading #	1/1
No.	3085
Phonetic component	非
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	匪
Old Chinese	/*pɯlʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 匪

1. robber; bandit; gangster

   土匪  ―  tǔfěi  ―  bandit

   綁匪／绑匪  ―  bǎngfěi  ―  kidnapper

   匪徒  ―  fěitú  ―  bandit; gangster; vagabond; robber

2. (Taiwan, officialese, historical, by extension) of or relating to the CPC ("Communist bandits")

   日匪友好協會／日匪友好协会  ―  rìfěi yǒuhǎo xiéhuì  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   See also: 共匪

3. (literary) not

   匪夷所思  ―  fěiyísuǒsī  ―  not what an ordinary person can imagine; unusual; fantastic

   • 我心匪石，不可轉也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     我心匪石，不可转也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wǒ xīn fěi shí, bù kě zhuǎn yě. [Pinyin]

     My mind is not a stone; -
     It cannot be rolled about.

4. ^† Original form of 篚 (fěi, “bamboo basket”).
5. ^† dishonorable; improper (behavior)
6. ^† that; those
7. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 斐 (fěi).

   • 有匪君子，如切如磋，如琢如磨。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yǒu fěi jūnzǐ, rú qiē rú cuō, rú zhuó rú mó. [Pinyin]

     There is our elegant and accomplished prince, -
     As from the knife and the file,
     As from the chisel and the polisher!

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēi (fei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ

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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/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 匪

1. Only used in 匪匪.

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēn (fen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fen
    • Wade–Giles: fên¹
    • Yale: fēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fen
    • Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 匪

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 分 (fēn).

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Japanese

Kanji

匪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: あらず (arazu, 匪ず); かたみ (katami, 匪)

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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: Hán Nôm readings: phỉ

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