婢

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婢 U+5A62, 婢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A62
← 婡
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 婣 →

婢 U+FA80, 婢
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA80
← 奔
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 嬨 →

Translingual

Han character

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

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 265, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6428
  • Dae Jaweon: page 532, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1059, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+5A62

Chinese

trad. 婢
simp. # 婢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (卑) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
捭 *preːʔ
牌 *breː, *breː
郫 *breː, *bre, *be
蠯 *breː, *be, *breːŋʔ
猈 *breːʔ, *breː
稗 *breːs
粺 *breːs
𥱼 *breː
豍 *peː
箄 *peː, *pe, *peʔ
錍 *pʰeː, *pe
睥 *pʰeːs
渒 *pʰeːs, *pe
鼙 *beː
鞞 *beː, *pe, *peʔ, *peːŋʔ
椑 *beː, *pe, *beɡ, *beːɡ
崥 *beː, *peʔ
髀 *beːʔ, *peʔ, *piʔ
卑 *pe
鵯 *pe, *pʰiɡ
裨 *pe, *be
痺 *pe
碑 *pre
婢 *peʔ, *beʔ
諀 *pʰeʔ
脾 *be
埤 *be
陴 *be
蜱 *be, *mbew
焷 *be
螷 *be, *breːŋʔ
庳 *beʔ
琕 *biːŋ
萆 *beɡ, *slɯʔ
綼 *biɡ, *peːɡ

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

Etymology

Endoactive of 卑 (bēi, “low, inferior”) (i.e., what is low, what is inferior). Possible allofam of 嬖 (bì, “favorite person, favorite concubine”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 婢
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 便婢切
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 		bì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bei6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 婢
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		bì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ bjieX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*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. * 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 婢 婢
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 378 394
Phonetic
component 		卑 卑
Rime
group 		支 支
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		𢔌 婢
Old
Chinese 		/*peʔ/ /*beʔ/

Definitions

婢

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

Coordinate terms

  • (slave): (male) 僕／仆 (pú)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

婢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. maidservant
  2. female slave

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

婢 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

婢: Hán Nôm readings: tì

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