腓

腓 U+8153, 腓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8153 ← 腒 [U+8152] CJK Unified Ideographs 腔 → [U+8154]

Translingual

Han character

腓 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+8, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 月中一卜 (BLMY), four-corner 7121₁, composition ⿰⺼非)

1. calf (leg)
2. avoid
3. be ill
4. wither

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 987, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29629
• Dae Jaweon: page 1439, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2087, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8153

Chinese

trad.		腓
simp. #		腓

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 *bɯl, *bɯls): semantic 肉 (“flesh”) + phonetic 非 (OC *pɯl).

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pəj (“leg; thigh; foot”) (STEDT under *pey). Cognate with Mizo phei (“foot; leg”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): féi (fei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fei⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fei¹

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fi¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): pì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hûi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hui¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶vi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: féi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: féi
    • Wade–Giles: fei²
    • Yale: féi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feir
    • Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fei⁴
    • Yale: fèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fi⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûi
    • Tâi-lô: huî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huii
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hui²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hui²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hui²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶vi
    • MiniDict: vi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³vi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vi²³/

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• Middle Chinese: bj+j, bj+jH

Rime
Character	腓	腓
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	符非切	扶沸切
Baxter	bj+j	bj+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉi/	/bʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷɨi/	/bʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/biuəi/	/biuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buj/	/bujH/
Li Rong	/biuəi/	/biuəiH/
Wang Li	/bĭwəi/	/bĭwəiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱwe̯i/	/bʱwe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	féi	fèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei4	fei6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]əj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯl/, /*bɯls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	腓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	féi
Middle Chinese	‹ bj+j ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]əj/
English	calf
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	腓	腓
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3104	3108
Phonetic component	非	非
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	肥	𥝋
Old Chinese	/*bɯl/	/*bɯls/
Notes		沸原作涕據內府本及王韻

Definitions

腓

1. calf; the back of the leg below the knee
2. (literary, of plants) to die from diseases; to shrivel; to wilt

   • 大漠窮秋塞草腓，孤城落日鬬兵稀。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     大漠穷秋塞草腓，孤城落日斗兵稀。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 8th century, Gao Shi (高適),《燕歌行》, translated by Stephen Owen

     Dàmò qióngqiū sàicǎo féi, gūchéng luòrì dòubīng xī. [Pinyin]

     On the great desert, autumn’s end, border plants sicken and die; A lone fortress in setting sunlight where troops doing battle grow fewer.

3. (obsolete) to protect

   • 誕寘之隘巷，牛羊腓字之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     诞寘之隘巷，牛羊腓字之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

     Dàn zhì zhī àixiàng, niú yáng féi zì zhī. [Pinyin]

     He was placed in a narrow lane,
     But the sheep and oxen protected him with loving care.

Compounds

• 腓腸 / 腓肠 (féicháng)
• 腓腸肌 / 腓肠肌 (féichángjī)
• 腓骨 (féigǔ)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): féi (fei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fî
• Northern Min (KCR): hǐ
• Eastern Min (BUC): pì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hui

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hui¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: féi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: féi
    • Wade–Giles: fei²
    • Yale: féi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feir
    • Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fei⁴
    • Yale: fèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fî
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fi²⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xi²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui
    • Tâi-lô: hui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huy
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hui⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³³/

Definitions

腓

1. Used in transcription.
2. (Protestantism) short for 腓立比書／腓立比书 (Féilìbǐshū, “the book of Philippians”)

Synonyms

Terms for the book of Philippians in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Names	Abbreviations edit
Protestant	腓立比書	腓
Roman Catholic	斐理伯書	斐
Eastern Orthodox	致斐利彼人書

Compounds

• 丟特腓 / 丢特腓
• 亞勒腓 / 亚勒腓 (Yàlèféi)
• 亞腓亞 / 亚腓亚
• 哈腓拉
• 瑣腓 / 琐腓
• 腓利 (Féilì)
• 腓利門 / 腓利门 (Féilìmén)
• 腓利門書 / 腓利门书 (Féilìménshū)
• 腓力 (Féilì)
• 腓力斯
• 腓吉路
• 腓尼基 (Féiníjī)
• 腓尼基人
• 腓尼基字母 (Féiníjī zìmǔ)
• 腓理徒
• 腓立比 (Féilìbǐ)
• 腓立比書 / 腓立比书 (Féilìbǐshū)

Japanese

Kanji

腓

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. calf

Readings

• Go-on: び (bi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: こむら (komura, 腓)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
腓
こむら Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こむら [kòmúrá] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) こむら [kóꜜmùrà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞mɯ̟ɾa̠]

Noun

腓(こむら) • (komura) 

1. calf

   Synonym: 脹脛 (fukurahagi)

References

• “^▲腓”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

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

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