脾

脾 U+2F985, 脾 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F985 ← 䐋 [U+2F984] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 媵 → [U+2F986]

Translingual

Han character

脾 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月竹田十 (BHWJ), four-corner 7624₀, composition ⿰月卑)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 985, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29579
• Dae Jaweon: page 1438, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2089, character 3
• Unihan data for U+813E

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Chinese

trad.		脾
simp. #		脾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
捭	*preːʔ
牌	*breː, *breː
郫	*breː, *bre, *be
蠯	*breː, *be, *breːŋʔ
猈	*breːʔ, *breː
稗	*breːs
粺	*breːs
𥱼	*breː
豍	*peː
箄	*peː, *pe, *peʔ
錍	*pʰeː, *pe
睥	*pʰeːs
渒	*pʰeːs, *pe
鼙	*beː
鞞	*beː, *pe, *peʔ, *peːŋʔ
椑	*beː, *pe, *beɡ, *beːɡ
崥	*beː, *peʔ
髀	*beːʔ, *peʔ, *piʔ
卑	*pe
鵯	*pe, *pʰiɡ
裨	*pe, *be
痺	*pe
碑	*pre
婢	*peʔ, *beʔ
諀	*pʰeʔ
脾	*be
埤	*be
陴	*be
蜱	*be, *mbew
焷	*be
螷	*be, *breːŋʔ
庳	*beʔ
琕	*biːŋ
萆	*beɡ, *slɯʔ
綼	*biɡ, *peːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *be) : semantic ⺼ (“organ”) + phonetic 卑 (OC *pe).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 脾

1. (～臟) (traditional Chinese medicine) a functionally defined organ of the digestive system, corresponding largely to the anatomical organ of the pancreas
2. (～臟) (Western medicine, anatomy) spleen
3. (figurative) disposition; liking; temperament

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Japanese

Kanji

脾

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi); はい (hai); へい (hei)
• Kun: ひぞう (hizō, 脾); もも (momo, 脾); とまる (tomaru)

References

• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jokoɕi]

Noun

脾(よこし) • (yokoshi) 

1. (anatomy) spleen
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 2, page 35:

     脾 白虎通云 脾 俾移反 與古之 [...] 土之精也 色黄 [...] 土藏也 [...]

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 脾 (tì, tỳ)

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