U+5A62, 婢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A62

[U+5A61]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5A63]

U+FA80, 婢
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA80
奔
[U+FA7F]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+FA81]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

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

Etymology

Endoactive of (bēi, low, inferior) (i.e., what is low, what is inferior). Possible allofam of (, favorite person, favorite concubine).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (3)
Final () (11)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie 便
Baxter bjieX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/biᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun
/biɛX/
Shao
Rongfen
/bjɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/biə̆X/
Li
Rong
/bieX/
Wang
Li
/bǐeX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bei6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ bjieX ›
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
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 378 394
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
𢔌
Old
Chinese
/*peʔ/ /*beʔ/

Definitions

  1. female slave
  2. (humble) Self-designation used by females in ancient China: your servant

Coordinate terms

  • (slave): (male) ()

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
  • 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

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. maidservant
  2. female slave

Readings

  • Go-on: (bi)
  • Kan-on: (hi)
  • Kun: はしため (hashitame, )

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

• (bi) (hangeul , revised bi, McCuneReischauer pi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings:

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