婢

婢	U+5A62, 婢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A62

← 婡
[U+5A61]

CJK Unified Ideographs

婣 →
[U+5A63]

婢	U+FA80, 婢 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA80

← 奔
[U+FA7F]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

嬨 →
[U+FA81]

Translingual

Han character

婢 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女竹田十 (VHWJ), four-corner 4644₀, composition ⿰女卑)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 265, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6428
Dae Jaweon: page 532, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1059, character 14
Unihan data for U+5A62

Unihan data for U+FA80

Chinese

trad.		婢
simp. ^#		婢

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *peʔ, *beʔ): semantic 女 + phonetic 卑 (OC *pe). May also be considered a ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): semantic 女 (“woman”) + semantic 卑 (“low, inferior”), especially in light of its etymology.

Etymology

Endoactive of 卑 (bēi, “low, inferior”) (i.e., what is low, what is inferior). Possible allofam of 嬖 (bì, “favorite person, favorite concubine”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bì, bèi (bi⁴, bei⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ, ㄅㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁵
Eastern Min (BUC): bê
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pī

(Teochew, Peng'im): bi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bì
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴
  - Yale: bì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
  - Palladius: би (bi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bèi
  - Wade–Giles: pei⁴
  - Yale: bèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bey
  - Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pei⁵
  - Yale: péih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯¹³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛi²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī
  - Tâi-lô: pī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bi⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³⁵/

Middle Chinese: bjieX

Rime
Character	婢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	便切
Baxter	bjieX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɛ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biə̆^X/
Li Rong	/bie^X/
Wang Li	/bǐe^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱie̯^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]eʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*peʔ/, /*beʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	婢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bì
Middle Chinese	‹ bjie^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]eʔ/
English	female slave or servant
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	婢	婢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	378	394
Phonetic component	卑	卑
Rime group	支	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	𢔌
Old Chinese	/*peʔ/	/*beʔ/

Definitions

婢

female slave
- 威王勃然怒曰：『叱嗟！而母婢也。』 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad. and simp.]
  From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE
  Wēi Wáng bórán nù yuē: ‘Chì jiē! Ér mǔ bì yě.’ [Pinyin]
  King Wei furiously responded: "To hell with you! Son of a slave-girl."
(humble) Self-designation used by females in ancient China: your servant

Coordinate terms

(slave): (male) 僕／仆 (pú)

Compounds

僮婢
呼奴使婢
女婢 (nǚbì)
奴婢 (núbì)
奴脣婢舌 / 奴唇婢舌
奴顏婢睞 / 奴颜婢睐
奴顏婢膝 / 奴颜婢膝 (núyánbìxī)
婢作夫人
婢僕 / 婢仆
婢女 (bìnǚ)
婢妮
婢妾 (bìqiè)
婢子 (bìzǐ)
婢學夫人 / 婢学夫人
婢膝奴顏 / 婢膝奴颜
媵婢
官婢
家生婢
灶下婢
爨婢 (cuànbì)
童婢
老婢
賤婢 / 贱婢
金奴銀婢 / 金奴银婢

Japanese

Kanji

婢

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: び (bi)
Kan-on: ひ (hi)
Kun: はしため (hashitame, 婢)

Compounds

角(かく)婢(ひ) (kakuhi)
下(か)婢(ひ) (kahi)
官(かん)奴(ぬ)婢(ひ) (kannuhi)
官(かん)婢(ぴ) (kanpi)
公(く)奴(ぬ)婢(ひ) (kunuhi)
私(し)奴(ぬ)婢(ひ) (shinuhi)
侍(じ)婢(ひ) (jihi), 侍婢(まかたち) (makatachi)
賤(せん)婢(ぴ) (senpi)
厨(ちゅう)婢(ひ) (chūhi)
奴(ど)婢(ひ) (dohi), 奴(ぬ)婢(ひ) (nuhi)
婢(ひ)子(し) (hishi)
婢(ひ)妾(しょう) (hishō)
婢(ひ)僕(ぼく) (hiboku)
傅(ふ)婢(ひ) (fuhi)
僕(ぼく)婢(ひ) (bokuhi)
老(ろう)婢(ひ) (rōhi)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

婢: Hán Nôm readings: tì

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