榧

Translingual

Han character

榧 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木尸中卜 (DSLY), four-corner 4191₁, composition ⿰木匪)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 544, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15258
• Dae Jaweon: page 931, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1260, character 1
• Unihan data for U+69A7

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Chinese

trad.		榧
simp. #		榧

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 *pɯlʔ) : semantic 木 (“wood; tree”) + phonetic 匪 (OC *pɯlʔ).

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: pj+jX

Rime
Character	榧
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

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	榧
Reading #	1/1
No.	3091
Phonetic component	非
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	匪
Old Chinese	/*pɯlʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 榧

1. Chinese nutmeg yew (Torreya grandis)

   Template:zh-syn

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Japanese

Kanji

榧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi)
• Kun: かや (kaya)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
榧
ひ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 榧 (MC pj+jX, “nutmeg yew”).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
榧
かや Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Noun

榧(かや) • (kaya) 

1. Japanese nutmeg yew (Torreya nucifera)

Related terms

• カヤ

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Korean

Hanja

榧 (eum 비 (bi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

榧: Hán Nôm readings: phỉ

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References

• Nom Foundation