菲

Translingual

Han character

菲 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿中一卜 (TLMY), four-corner 4411₁, composition ⿱艹非)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1039, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31220
• Dae Jaweon: page 1498, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3232, character 8
• Unihan data for U+83F2

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Chinese

trad.		菲
simp. #		菲

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 *pʰɯl, *pʰɯlʔ, *bɯls) : semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 非 (OC *pɯl).

Etymology

Meaning "phenanthrene" of pronunciation 1 is borrowed from English phenanthrene.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēi (fei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fei
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹
    • Yale: fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fei
    • Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fei¹
    • Yale: fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui
    • Tâi-lô: hui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: phj+j

Rime
Character	菲
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	芳非切
Baxter	phj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuj/
Li Rong	/pʰiuəi/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	菲
Reading #	1/3
No.	3096
Phonetic component	非
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	霏
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯl/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 菲

1. fragrant, luxuriant
2. lush
3. phenanthrene
4. Short for 菲律賓／菲律宾 (Fēilǜbīn).

Pronunciation 2

• 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: phj+jX

Rime
Character	菲
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	敷尾切
Baxter	phj+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʉiX/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷɨiX/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuəiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰujX/
Li Rong	/pʰiuəiX/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwəiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰwe̯iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	菲
Reading #	2/3
No.	3101
Phonetic component	非
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	斐
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯlʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 菲

1. Orychophragmus violaceus
2. poor, humble, unworthy
3. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 蕜 (fěi).

Pronunciation 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 菲 – see 屝 (“straw shoes; straw sandals”). (This character is a variant form of 屝).

References

• “菲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

菲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: うすい (usui, 菲い)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 菲 (phỉ, phi)

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