腓

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

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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

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): féi (fei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hûi

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûi
    • Tâi-lô: huî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²³/

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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/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱwe̯i/	/bʱwe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	féi	fèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei4	fei6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯl/, /*bɯls/

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

(deprecated template usage) 腓

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

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Japanese

Kanji

腓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi)
• Kun: こむら (komura)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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