斐

Translingual

Han character

斐 (Kangxi radical 67, 文+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中卜卜大 (LYYK), four-corner 1140₀, composition ⿱非文)

1. graceful, elegant, beautiful

Derived characters

• 𢵪, 𪷕, 𩦎, 𦻔, 𩇿

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 477, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13469
• Dae Jaweon: page 835, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2170, character 16
• Unihan data for U+6590

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Chinese

trad.		斐
simp. #		斐

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fěi (fei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei²

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: phj+jX

Rime
Character	斐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	敷尾切
Baxter	phj+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʉiX/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷɨiX/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuəiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰujX/
Li Rong	/pʰiuəiX/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwəiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰwe̯iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯl/, /*pʰɯlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	斐	斐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3080	3100
Phonetic component	非	非
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	猆	斐
Old Chinese	/*pɯl/	/*pʰɯlʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 斐

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Japanese

Kanji

斐

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi)
• Kun: あや (aya, 斐)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 斐 (phỉ)

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