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Translingual
Han character
匪 (Kangxi radical 22, 匚+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 尸中一卜 (SLMY), four-corner 71711, composition ⿷匚非)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 153, character 45
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2629
- Dae Jaweon: page 346, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 87, character 1
- Unihan data for U+532A
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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啡
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*pʰɯːlʔ
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排
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*brɯːl
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俳
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*brɯːl
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輫
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*brɯːl, *buːl
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悲
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*prɯl
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棑
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*breː, *brɯːls
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輩
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*puːls
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裴
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*buːl, *bɯl
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徘
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*buːl
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琲
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*buːlʔ
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痱
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*buːlʔ, *pɯds, *bɯl, *bɯls
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非
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*pɯl
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扉
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*pɯl
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緋
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*pɯl
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猆
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*pɯl
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斐
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*pɯl, *pʰɯlʔ
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馡
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*pɯl
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騑
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*pɯl, *pʰɯl
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誹
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*pɯl, *pɯlʔ, *pɯls
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餥
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*pɯl, *pɯlʔ
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匪
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*pɯlʔ
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棐
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*pɯlʔ
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蜚
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*pɯlʔ, *bɯls
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篚
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*pɯlʔ
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榧
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*pɯlʔ
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鯡
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*pɯls
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霏
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*pʰɯl
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菲
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*pʰɯl, *pʰɯlʔ, *bɯls
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婔
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*pʰɯl
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裶
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*pʰɯl
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悱
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*pʰɯlʔ
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奜
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*pʰɯlʔ
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腓
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*bɯl, *bɯls
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陫
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*bɯlʔ
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屝
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*bɯls
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厞
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*bɯls
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翡
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*bɯls
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pɯlʔ) : semantic 匚 (“box”) + phonetic 非 (OC *pɯl)
Pronunciation 1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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匪
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匪
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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fěi
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fěi
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Middle Chinese
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‹ pjɨjX ›
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‹ pjɨjX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*pəjʔ/
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/*pəjʔ/
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English
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bamboo basket
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bandit
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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匪
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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3085
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Phonetic component
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非
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Rime group
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微
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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匪
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Old Chinese
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/*pɯlʔ/
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Definitions
匪
- robber; bandit; gangster
- 土匪 ― tǔfěi ― bandit
- 綁匪/绑匪 ― bǎngfěi ― kidnapper
- 匪徒 ― fěitú ― bandit; gangster; vagabond; robber
- (Kuomintang officialese, historical, derogatory) of or relating to the "Communist bandits" (共匪 (gòngfěi))
- 匪諜/匪谍 ― fěi dié ― (derogatory) communist spy
- 毛匪澤東/毛匪泽东 ― Máo fěi Zédōng ― (derogatory) Mao Zedong the bandit
- 美匪建交 ― Měi fěi jiànjiāo ― (derogatory) establishment of foreign relation between USA and CCP regime
- 排我納匪案/排我纳匪案 ― pái wǒ nà fěi àn ― (derogatory) Resolution on Admitting CCP regime
- (literary) not
- 匪夷所思 ― fěiyísuǒsī ― not what an ordinary person can imagine; unusual; fantastic
- † Original form of 篚 (fěi, “bamboo basket”).
- † dishonorable; improper (behavior)
- † that; those
- † Alternative form of 斐
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
匪
- Only used in 匪匪.
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
匪
- Alternative form of 分
Japanese
Kanji
匪
(Hyōgai kanji)
- bandit, gangster, rogue
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
匪 • (bi, bun) (hangeul 비, 분, revised bi, bun, McCune–Reischauer pi, pun)
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Vietnamese
Han character
匪: Hán Nôm readings: phỉ
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