髀

Translingual

Han character

髀 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月月竹田十 (BBHWJ), four-corner 7624₀, composition ⿰骨卑)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1449, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45205
• Dae Jaweon: page 1976, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4414, character 2
• Unihan data for U+9AC0

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Chinese

trad.		髀
simp. #		髀

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴
    • Yale: bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bei²
    • Yale: béi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pjeX, pjijX, bejX

Rime
Character	髀	髀	髀
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	脂 (15)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	IV
Fanqie	并弭切	卑履切	傍禮切
Baxter	pjeX	pjijX	bejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇX/	/piɪX/	/beiX/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛX/	/piX/	/beiX/
Shao Rongfen	/piɛX/	/pjɪX/	/bɛiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiə̆X/	/piX/	/bɛjX/
Li Rong	/pjeX/	/piX/	/beiX/
Wang Li	/pǐeX/	/piX/	/bieiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pie̯X/	/piX/	/bʱieiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐ	bǐ	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei2	bei2	bai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-pˤeʔ/, /*peʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*beːʔ/, /*peʔ/, /*piʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	髀	髀
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bì	bì
Middle Chinese	‹ bejX ›	‹ pjieX ›
Old Chinese	/*m-pˁeʔ/	/*peʔ/
English	femur	femur, haunch
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	髀	髀	髀
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	367	381	396
Phonetic component	卑	卑	卑
Rime group	支	支	脂
Rime subdivision	0	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	陛	𢔌	匕
Old Chinese	/*beːʔ/	/*peʔ/	/*piʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 髀

1. (literary) thigh
2. (literary) thigh bone

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Japanese

Kanji

髀

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi), へい (hei)
• Kun: もも (momo)

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Korean

Hanja

髀 • (bi, pye) (hangeul 비, 폐, revised bi, pye, McCune–Reischauer pi, p'ye, Yale pi, phyey)

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