斐

Translingual

Han character

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

graceful, elegant, beautiful

Derived characters

𢵪, 𪷕, 𩦎, 𦻔, 𩇿

References

Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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

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–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fei²
  - Yale: féi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: féi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: phj+jX

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
Baxter	phj+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʉi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷɨi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuəi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuj^X/
Li Rong	/pʰiuəi^X/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwəi^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰwe̯i^X/
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

(literary) brilliant; magnificent
Used in transcription.
(Taiwan, dated) South Africa
See also: 斐京

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēi, fěi (fei¹, fei³)

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ, ㄈㄟˇ

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/

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

a surname

Japanese

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

斐

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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

References

^ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “斐”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎^[1] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1027 (paper), page 564 (digital)
^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 624 (paper), page 325 (digital)

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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[1] 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “斐”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎^[1] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN

[2] Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1027 (paper), page 564 (digital)

[3] Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 624 (paper), page 325 (digital)

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