翡
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Translingual
Han character
翡 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中卜尸一一 (LYSMM), four-corner 11227, composition ⿱非羽)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 957, character 37
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28733
- Dae Jaweon: page 1403, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3349, character 21
- Unihan data for U+7FE1
Chinese
| trad. | 翡 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 翡 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 翡 |
|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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 |
Etymology
Maybe a cognate of 緋 (OC *pɯl, “bright red”).
Pronunciation
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: fei2 / fei6
- Yale: féi / feih
- Cantonese Pinyin: fei2 / fei6
- Guangdong Romanization: féi2 / féi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /fei̯³⁵/, /fei̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note: fei6 - rare variant.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: húi
- Tâi-lô: huí
- Phofsit Daibuun: huie
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hui⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūi
- Tâi-lô: huī
- Phofsit Daibuun: hui
- IPA (Xiamen): /hui²²/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: hui1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui
- Sinological IPA (key): /hui³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Middle Chinese: bj+jH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*bɯls/
Definitions
翡
- a kind of red kingfisher
- used in 翡翠 (fěicuì, “kingfisher; jadeite”)
References
Synonyms
- (kingfisher):
Dialectal synonyms of 翠鳥 (“kingfisher”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 翠, 翡, 翡翠 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 翠鳥 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 翠鳥, 魚狗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 翠雀, 釣魚郎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 釣魚郎 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 翠翠鳥 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 翠仔, 官翠仔 |
| Xingning | 羊牯翠 | |
| Huidong (Daling) | 官翠 | |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) | 官翠 | |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 翠鳥 | |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 青翠 | |
| Changting | 翠哩 | |
| Wuping | 沙鰍鑽 | |
| Liancheng | 翠鳥 | |
| Yudu | 翠子 | |
| Ruijin | 翠子 | |
| Shicheng | 翠子 | |
| Shangyou (Shexi) | 取子 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 翡翠 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 翡翠 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 翡翠 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 翡翠 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 翡翠 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 翡翠 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 翠毛鳥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 釣魚翁, 翠軟 |
| Zhangzhou | 釣魚翁 | |
| Tainan | 釣魚翁 GT | |
| Shantou | 釘魚鳥, 釘魚獅鳥 | |
| Shantou (Chenghai) | 釘魚鳥 | |
| Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 釘魚鳥 | |
| Jieyang | 釘魚鳥, 釘魚獅 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 釣魚公 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 青翠, 翠花鳥 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |
Compounds
- 翡帷
- 翡幬 / 翡帱
- 翡翠 (fěicuì)
Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
翡 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)
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Vietnamese
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