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沸
沸
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Translingual
Han character
沸 (radical 85 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水中中弓 (ELLN), four-corner 35127, composition ⿰氵弗)
References
- KangXi: page 614, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17251
- Dae Jaweon: page 1007, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1597, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6CB8
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
沸 |
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Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (弗) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
鄪 | *prɯds |
費 | *prɯds, *pʰɯds, *bɯds |
砩 | *pads |
沸 | *pɯds |
疿 | *pɯds |
茀 | *pɯds, *pʰɯd |
髴 | *pʰɯds, *pɯd, *pʰɯd |
昲 | *pʰɯds |
靅 | *pʰɯds |
狒 | *buds |
怫 | *bɯds, *bɯd |
胇 | *brɯd |
艴 | *bɯːd, *pʰɯd |
弗 | *pɯd |
紼 | *pɯd |
柫 | *pɯd |
笰 | *pɯd |
拂 | *pʰɯd |
刜 | *pʰɯd, *bɯd |
彿 | *pʰɯd |
佛 | *bɯd |
坲 | *bɯd |
咈 | *bɯd |
炥 | *bɯd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *pɯds) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 弗 (OC *pɯd). 弗 also has meaning of “straighten, correct”, hence connotation of “correct, purify water by boiling”.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ
- Wade-Giles: fei4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fey
- IPA (key): /feɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: fai3
- Yale: fai
- Cantonese Pinyin: fai3
- IPA (key): /fɐi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi
- Tâi-lô: huì
- Phofsit Daibuun: huix
- IPA (Xiamen): /hui²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /hui¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²¹/
- (Hokkien)
Rime | |
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Character | 沸 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
Final (韻) | 微 (21) |
Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
Openness (開合) | Closed |
Division (等) | III |
Fanqie | 方味切 |
Reconstructions | |
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/pʉiH/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/pʷɨiH/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/piuəiH/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/pujH/ |
Li Rong |
/piuəiH/ |
Wang Li |
/pĭwəiH/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/pwe̯iH/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
fèi |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 沸 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
fèi |
Middle Chinese |
‹ pjɨjH › |
Old Chinese |
/*Nə.p[u][t]-s/ |
English | boil (v.) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 沸 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
No. | 3301 |
Phonetic component |
弗 |
Rime group |
隊 |
Rime subdivision |
1 |
Corresponding MC rime |
沸 |
Old Chinese |
/*pɯds/ |
Definitions
沸
- to boil
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
沸
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Readings
Derived terms
- 沸かす (wakasu)
Korean
Hanja
沸 • (bi, bul) (hangeul 비, 불, revised bi, bul, McCune-Reischauer pi, pul, Yale pi, pul)
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Vietnamese
Han character
沸 (phí, phất)
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