斐

斐

斐 U+6590, 斐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6590 ← 斏 [U+658F] CJK Unified Ideographs 斑 → [U+6591]

Translingual

Han character

斐 (Kangxi radical 67, 文+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中卜卜大 (LYYK), four-corner 1140₀, composition ⿱非文)

1. graceful, elegant, beautiful

Derived characters

• 𢵪, 𪷕, 𩦎, 𦻔, 𩇿

References

• KangXi: page 477, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13469
• Dae Jaweon: page 835, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2170, character 16
• Unihan data for U+6590

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Chinese

trad.		斐
simp. #		斐

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

Pronunciation 1

• 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)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei²
    • Yale: féi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /pʰʉi^X/

Rime
Character	斐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	敷尾切
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	斐
Reading #	2/2
No.	3100
Phonetic component	非
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	斐
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯlʔ/

Definitions

斐

1. (literary) brilliant; magnificent
2. Used in transcription.

Compounds

Derived terms from 斐

斐亹 斐斐 斐斖 斐然 (fěirán)

斐然成章 萋斐 成績斐然／成绩斐然 斐濟／斐济 (Fěijì)

斐濟人／斐济人 斐然向風／斐然向风 績效斐然／绩效斐然 萋斐貝錦／萋斐贝锦

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēi, fěi (fei¹, fei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ, ㄈㄟˇ

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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/
      
  • (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/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	斐
Reading #	1/2
No.	3080
Phonetic component	非
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	猆
Old Chinese	/*pɯl/

Definitions

斐

1. a surname

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Japanese

Shinjitai	斐
Kyūjitai [1][2][3]	斐󠄁 斐+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	斐󠄄 斐+󠄄? (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

斐

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. brilliant; magnificent

Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi)^{←ひ (fi, historical)}
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)^{←ひ (fi, historical)}
• Kun: あきらか (akiraka); あや (aya, 斐); うつくしい (utsukushī); なびく (nabiku)
• Nanori: あきら (akira); あやる (ayaru); い (i); なが (naga); よし (yoshi)

Compounds

• 斐(ひ)韡(い) (hii)
• 斐(ひ)紙(し) (hishi)
• 斐(ひ)爾(じ) (hiji)
• 斐(ひ)什(じゅう) (hijū)
• 斐(ひ)如(じょ) (hijo)
• 斐(ひ)成(せい) (hisei)
• 斐(ひ)然(ぜん) (hizen)
• 斐(ひ)斐(ひ) (hihi)
• 斐(ひ)尾(び) (hibi)
• 斐(ひ)美(び) (hibi)
• 斐(ひ)亹(び) (hibi)
• 斐(ひ)文(ぶん) (hibun)
• 斐(ひ)炳(へい) (hihei)
• 甲(か)斐(い) (Kai)
• 狂斐
• 衰斐
• 萋(せい)斐(ひ) (seihi)
• 紛斐
• 有斐

 

References

1. 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014), “斐”, in 字通 普及版 (Jitsū fukyūban, “Jitsū trade edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
2. 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 1027 (paper), page 564 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)
3. 1927, 新漢和辭典 (Shin Kanwa Jiten, “The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 624 (paper), page 325 (digital), Ōsaka: 松雲堂 (Shōundō)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

斐: Hán Nôm readings: phỉ

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