狒狒

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Chinese

hamadryad baboon hamadryad baboon
simp. and trad.
(狒狒) 		狒 狒
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Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “When and where was it first assigned the meaning "baboon"? Influenced by which foreign language if any? English baboon? French babouin?”

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 狒
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 微 (21)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 扶沸切
Baxter bj+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bʉiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/bʷɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/biuəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bujH/
Li
Rong 		/biuəiH/
Wang
Li 		/bĭwəiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/bʱwe̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fei6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 狒
Reading # 1/1
No. 3308
Phonetic
component 		弗
Rime
group 		隊
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		𥝋
Old
Chinese 		/*buds/
Notes 見爾雅，沸原誤涕，依內府本及王韻校改

Noun

狒狒

  1. baboon
  2. (archaic, Chinese mythology) name of a monster mentioned in the Erya (爾雅)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji in this term
狒 狒
ひ
Hyōgai 		ひ
Hyōgai
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 狒狒 – see the following entry.
【狒々ひひ】
(Japanese mythology, folklore) a hihi (Japanese monkey-like yokai)
a baboon (primate)
Alternative spellings
比々, 比比, ヒヒ
(This term, 狒狒, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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