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肺
肺
Translingual
Han character
肺 (radical 130 肉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月十月 (BJB) or 月卜中月 (BYLB), four-corner 75227)
References
- KangXi: page 976, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29328
- Dae Jaweon: page 1428, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2047, character 2
- Unihan data for U+80BA
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
肺 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (巿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 沛 | *poːbs, *pʰoːbs |
| 芾 | *poːbs, *pubs, *pub |
| 伂 | *poːbs |
| 霈 | *pʰoːbs |
| 旆 | *boːbs |
| 肺 | *pʰobs |
| 杮 | *pʰobs |
| 巿 | *pub |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *pʰobs) : semantic ⺼ + phonetic 巿 (OC *pub).
Etymology 1
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)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi / hi
- Hakka Romanization System: fi / hi
- Hagfa Pinyim: fi4 / hi4
- IPA: /fi⁵⁵/, /hi⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hì
- Tâi-lô: hì
- Phofsit Daibuun: hix
- IPA (Xiamen): /hi²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hi⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /hi¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi²¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 肺 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /fei⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /fei⁵³/ | |
| Tianjin | /fei⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /fei²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /fe⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /fi³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /fi⁴⁴/ | |
| Xining | /fɨ²¹³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /fei¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /fei¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /fei²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /fei³⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /fei¹³/ | |
| Guiyang | /fei²²¹³/ | |
| Kunming | /fei²¹²/ | |
| Nanjing | /fəi⁴⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /fe⁵³/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /fei⁴⁵/ |
| Pingyao | /xuei³⁵/ | |
| Hohhot | /fei⁵⁵/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /fi³⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /fi⁵¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /fi⁴⁴⁵/ | |
| Wenzhou | /fei⁴²/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /fe³²⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /fe⁴²/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /fei⁵⁵/ |
| Xiangtan | /ɸəi⁵⁵/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /fɨi⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /fi⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | /fui⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /fɐi³³/ |
| Nanning | /fɐi³³/ | |
| Hong Kong | /fɐi³³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/hui²¹/ /hi²¹/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /hiɛ²¹²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /xi³³/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /hui²¹³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) |
/hui³⁵/ /fɔi³⁵/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 肺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 廢 (28) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 方廢切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/pʰʉɐiH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/pʰʷiɐiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/pʰiuɐiH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/pʰuajH/ |
| Li Rong |
/pʰiuɐiH/ |
| Wang Li |
/pʰĭwɐiH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/pʰi̯wɐiH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
fèi |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 肺 | 肺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
fèi | pèi |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ phjojH › | ‹ phajH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*pʰo[t]-s/ | /*pʰˤ[a][t]-s/ |
| English | lung | dense, luxuriant (foliage) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 肺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3293 |
| Phonetic component |
巿 |
| Rime group |
祭 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
|
| Old Chinese |
/*pʰobs/ |
| Notes | 芳由方校改 |
Definitions
肺
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄟˋ
- Wade-Giles: p'ei4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pey
- IPA (key): /pʰeɪ̯⁵¹/
-
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: pui3
- Yale: pui
- Cantonese Pinyin: pui3
- IPA (key): /pʰuːi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Definitions
肺
- Only used in 肺肺.
Compounds
Japanese
Etymology 1
- pukupukusi → ɸukuɸusi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɸukuɸukuɕi]
Noun
肺 (hiragana ふくふくし, romaji fukufukushi)
- (anatomy) lung
- 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (page 68)
- 心肺 々音辨 々訓布々久々之
- 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 2, page 35:
- 肺 白虎通云 音廢 布久布久之 [...] 金之精也 色白 [...] 肺藏也 [...]
- 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (page 68)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 肺 |
|
はい Grade: 6 |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hai]
Noun
Synonyms
- 肺臓 (haizō)
Etymology 3
Kanji
肺
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Readings
Compounds
- 肺臓 (haizō)
References
- Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 1: Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (in Japanese), Kyūko Shoin (published 1978; original text from 794), ISBN 4-7629-3088-1.
- Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 978-4-653-00507-0, published 1968.
- Takeuchi, Rizō (1962) Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, ISBN 978-4-490-30010-9.