泌

Translingual

Han character

泌 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水心竹 (EPH), four-corner 3310₀, composition ⿰氵必)

1. to seep out, excrete

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 615, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17279
• Dae Jaweon: page 1009, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1595, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6CCC

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		泌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (必) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
泌	*mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ
秘	*mpriɡs
毖	*priɡs
閟	*priɡs
柲	*priɡs, *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
鉍	*priɡs, *priɡ
邲	*priɡs, *bliɡ, *briɡ
覕	*pliŋs, *mbliːɡ
咇	*bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
苾	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
馝	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
飶	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
鴓	*mbliːɡ
鮅	*pliɡ, *bliɡ
必	*pliɡ
珌	*pliɡ
佖	*bliɡ, *briɡ
駜	*bliɡ, *briɡ
怭	*bliɡ
妼	*bliɡ
宓	*mriɡ, *mliɡ
樒	*mriɡ
密	*mriɡ
蔤	*mriɡ
滵	*mriɡ
蜜	*mliɡ
謐	*mliɡ
榓	*mliɡ
淧	*mliɡ
瑟	*smriɡ, *smriɡ
璱	*sriɡ
飋	*sriɡ
虙	*blɯɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mì (mi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei³ / bai³ / bat¹ / bat⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mì
    • Wade–Giles: mi⁴
    • Yale: mì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bei³ / bai³ / bat¹ / bat⁶
    • Yale: bei / bai / bāt / baht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei³ / bai³ / bat⁷ / bat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi³ / bei³ / bed¹ / bed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³³/, /pɐi̯³³/, /pɐt̚⁵/, /pɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì
    • Tâi-lô: pì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 泌 (分泌)
Mandarin	Beijing	/mi⁵¹/
	Harbin	/mi⁵³/
	Tianjin	/pi⁵³/ /mi⁵³/
	Jinan	/mi²¹/
	Qingdao	/mi⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/mi²⁴/
	Xi'an	/mi²¹/
	Xining	/mji²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/mi¹³/
	Lanzhou	/mi¹³/
	Ürümqi	/mi²¹³/
	Wuhan	/mi²¹³/
	Chengdu	/mi³¹/
	Guiyang	/mi²¹/
	Kunming	/mi³¹/
	Nanjing	/pi⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/pz̩⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/miəʔ²/
	Pingyao
	Hohhot	/miəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/pi³⁵/
	Suzhou	/pi⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/pi⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/pi²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/pi³²⁴/
	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/mi²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/pʰi⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/pi⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/pit̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/pei³³/
	Nanning	/pi³³/
	Hong Kong	/pei³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/pi²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/pɛi²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/mi²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/pi²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/mit̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pijH, bjit, pit

Rime
Character	泌	泌	泌
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	並 (3)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	質 (48)	質 (49)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	兵媚切	毗必切	鄙密切
Baxter	pijH	bjit	pit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪH/	/biɪt̚/	/pˠiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiH/	/bit̚/	/pᵚit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/piɪH/	/bjet̚/	/piet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiH/	/bit̚/	/pjit̚/
Li Rong	/pjiH/	/biĕt̚/	/pjĕt̚/
Wang Li	/piH/	/bĭĕt̚/	/pĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/piH/	/bʱi̯ĕt̚/	/pi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì	bí	bi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei3	bat6	bat1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mpriɡs/, /*priɡ/, /*bliɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	泌	泌	泌
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	552	572	583
Phonetic component	必	必	必
Rime group	至	質	質
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	祕	筆	邲
Old Chinese	/*mpriɡs/	/*priɡ/	/*bliɡ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

泌

(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō); ひち (hichi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō); ひつ (hitsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: にじむ (nijimu, 泌む); ながれる (nagareru)

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Korean

Hanja

泌 • (pil, bi) (hangeul 필, 비, revised pil, bi, McCune–Reischauer p'il, pi, Yale phil, pi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 泌 (tiết, tất)

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