脾

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脾 U+813E, 脾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-813E
← 脽
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 脿 →
脾 U+2F985, 脾
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F985
← 䐋
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 媵 →

Translingual

Han character

脾 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月竹田十 (BHWJ), four-corner 76240, composition ⿰月卑)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 985, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29579
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1438, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2089, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+813E

Chinese

trad. 脾
simp. # 脾
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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 *be) : semantic ⺼ (“organ”) + phonetic 卑 (OC *pe).

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-paj (“spleen”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • pì - organ;
  • phì - “temperament”.
Note: pi5 - used in 脾氣.
Rime
Character 脾
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 符支切
Baxter bjie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/biᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/biɛ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/bjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/biə̆/
Li
Rong 		/bie/
Wang
Li 		/bǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/bʱie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		pí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		pei4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 脾
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		pí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ bjie ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m-e/
English spleen

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 脾
Reading # 1/1
No. 385
Phonetic
component 		卑
Rime
group 		支
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		陴
Old
Chinese 		/*be/

Definitions

脾

  1. (～臟) (traditional Chinese medicine) a functionally defined organ of the digestive system, corresponding largely to the anatomical organ of the pancreas
  2. (～臟) (Western medicine, anatomy) spleen
  3. (figurative) disposition; liking; temperament

Compounds

References

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 脾 – see 髀 (“thigh; thighbone”).
(This character is a variant form of 髀).

Japanese

Kanji

脾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Pronunciation

Noun

脾(よこし) • (yokoshi) 

  1. (anatomy) spleen

References

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 脾 (MC bjie). Recorded as Middle Korean 비 (pi) (Yale: pi) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

脾 (eumhun 지라 비 (jira bi))

  1. Hanja form? of 비 (“spleen”).

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

脾: Hán Nôm readings: tì, tỳ

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