配

配 U+914D, 配 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-914D ← 酌 [U+914C] CJK Unified Ideographs 酎 → [U+914E]

Translingual

Han character

配 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一田尸山 (MWSU), four-corner 1761₇, composition ⿰酉己)

Derived characters

• 𪡭, 𫱓, 𢲭, 𪶪, 𬀎, 𦟊, 嶏, 蓜, 𫅉, 𫑸

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1280, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39771
• Dae Jaweon: page 1779, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3574, character 3
• Unihan data for U+914D

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Chinese

trad.		配
simp. #		配

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 配
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

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

	Old Chinese
配	*pʰɯːds
嶏	*pʰɯːds, *pʰɯd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pèi (pei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pui³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pi⁴

• Northern Min (KCR): po̿
• Eastern Min (BUC): puói
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phòe / phèr / phè

  (Teochew, Peng'im): puê³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pèi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻei⁴
    • Yale: pèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pey
    • Palladius: пэй (pɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pui³
    • Yale: pui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phi
    • Hakka Romanization System: pi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: po̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰo³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: puói
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰui²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòe
    • Tâi-lô: phuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoex
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pʰue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰue²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phèr
    • Tâi-lô: phèr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰə⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phè
    • Tâi-lô: phè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phex
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰe¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰe²¹/
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /pʰe⁴¹/

Note:

• phòe - literary;
• phèr/phè - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: puê³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phuè
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰue²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: phwojH

Rime
Character	配
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	滂佩切
Baxter	phwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰuʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰuoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰuɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰwəjH/
Li Rong	/pʰuᴀiH/
Wang Li	/pʰuɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰuɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pui3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰˤ[ə][j]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	配
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pèi
Middle Chinese	‹ phwojH ›
Old Chinese	/*pʰˁ[ə][j]-s/
English	counterpart; be the counterpart of
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	配
Reading #	1/1
No.	9653
Phonetic component	配
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	配
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯːds/
Notes	甲金文從酉從卩表配酒， 非己聲

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 配

1. to match
2. to join
3. to deserve
4. to make up a medical prescription
5. to allocate
6. (Eastern Min, Wenzhounese) a dish served to accompany rice or other staple food

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 菜 (“dish; vegetable or meat dish”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		菜餚, 菜品, 菜蔬
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	菜
	Taiwan	菜
	Singapore	菜
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	菜
	Jinan	菜
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	菜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	菜
	Wuhan	菜
	Guiyang	下飯菜
	Guilin	菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	菜
	Hefei	菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	餸, 餸菜
	Hong Kong	餸, 餸菜
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	餸菜
	Macau	餸
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	餸
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	餸
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	餸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	餸
	Foshan	餸
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	餸
	Foshan (Shunde)	餸
	Foshan (Sanshui)	餸
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	餸
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	餸
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	餸
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	餸
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	餸
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	餸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	餸
	Taishan	餸, 餸菜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	餸
	Enping (Niujiang)	餸
	Heshan (Yayao)	餸
	Dongguan	餸
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	餸
	Yangjiang	餸
	Beihai	餸
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	菜
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	菜
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	菜
	Sanya (Yanglan Maihua)	菜餸
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	餸
	Singapore (Guangfu)	餸
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	餸
	Móng Cái	菜
Gan	Nanchang	菜
Hakka	Meixian	菜
Jin	Taiyuan	菜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	菜
	Songxi	菜
	Jianyang	菜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	配
	Gutian	配飯菜
	Fuding	乇配
Southern Min	Xiamen	物配, 菜配, 菜
	Quanzhou	物配, 菜
	Yongchun	菜
	Zhangzhou	物配
	Singapore (Hokkien)	物配, 菜配
	Manila (Hokkien)	物配
	Longyan	配
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	配
	Chaozhou	物配
	Jieyang	物配
	Leizhou	物配, 配
Puxian Min	Putian	物配
Central Min	Yong'an	菜
	Sanming (Shaxian)	配
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	配
Wu	Shanghai	小菜
	Suzhou	小菜
	Jiaxing	鹹酸
	Shaoxing	下飯
	Ningbo	下飯, 菜蔬, 小菜 rare
	Zhoushan	下飯, 菜蔬, 小菜 rare
	Wenzhou	配, 餚配
Xiang	Changsha	菜
	Shuangfeng	菜

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

配

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. arrangement; positioning
2. matching
3. distribution; allocation; rationing

Readings

• Go-on: はい (hai, Jōyō)、へ (he)
• Kan-on: はい (hai, Jōyō)
• Kun: くばる (kubaru, 配る, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 配(はい)剤(ざい) (haizai, “dispensation”)
• 配(はい)置(ち) (haichi, “formation, arrangement, layout”)
  • 配(はい)置(ち)転(てん)換(かん) (haichi tenkan, “job rotation”)
• 配(はい)点(てん) (haiten, “allocation of points”)
• 配(はい)当(とう) (haitō, “share; dividend”)
• 配(はい)慮(りょ) (hairyo, “consideration, attention, care”)
• 配(はい)列(れつ) (hairetsu, “arrangement; (programming) array”)
• 軍(ぐん)配(ばい) (gunbai, “type of war fan”)
• 気(け)配(はい) (kehai, “sign, indication, hint”)
• 交(こう)配(はい) (kōhai, “mating, breeding”)
• 勾(こう)配(ばい) (kōbai, “slope, incline”)
• 支(し)配(はい) (shihai, “rule; control”)
• 心(しん)配(ぱい) (shinpai, “worry, anxiety”)
• 分(ぶん)配(ぱい) (bunpai, “distribution, allocation”)

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Korean

Hanja

配 (eumhun 짝 배 (jjak bae))
配 (eumhun 나눌 배 (nanul bae))

1. hanja form^? of 배 (“match”)
2. hanja form^? of 배 (“allocate”)

Compounds

• 배부 (配付, baebu, “distribution”)
• 배우자 (配偶者, bae'uja, “spouse”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

配: Hán Nôm readings: phối, phới, phôi

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