貽貝

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See also: 贻贝

Chinese

bequeath
cowries; shell; valuables
cowries; shell; valuables; shellfish
 
trad. (貽貝) 貽 貝
simp. (贻贝) 贻 贝

Etymology

Attested in the Erya (爾雅 (Ěryǎ)), 3rd c. BCE.

玄貝，貽貝。／玄贝，贻贝。  ―  Xuánbèi, yíbèi.  ―  Black shell, mussel.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 貽 貝
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 之 (19) 泰 (25)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 與之切 愽蓋切
Baxter yi pajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jɨ/ /pɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jɨ/ /pɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ie/ /pɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/jɨ/ /pajH/
Li
Rong 		/iə/ /pɑiH/
Wang
Li 		/jĭə/ /pɑiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/i/ /pɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yí bèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ji4 bui3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 貽 貝
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yí bèi
Middle
Chinese 		‹ yi › ‹ pajH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*lə/ /*pˁa-s/
English to present, give cowry shell

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 貽 貝
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12293 415
Phonetic
component 		台 貝
Rime
group 		之 祭
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		飴 貝
Old
Chinese 		/*lɯ/ /*paːds/

Noun

貽貝

  1. mussel

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
貽 貝
い
Hyōgai 		かい > がい
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese; first attested in a mokkan excavated from the Former Naniwa Palace, 652 - 686, as man'yōgana form 伊加比 <igapi₁>, apparently a half-calque of Middle Chinese 貽貝 (jɨ pɑiH) with 貝(かい) (kai, “shell”). Some theories that describe the former part 貽(い) (i) as 異(い) (i, “different”) or 否(いな) (ina, “no”) in a sense of "different or uncommon type of shells" seem folk etymology.

Noun

貽(い)貝(がい) or 貽貝(イガイ) • (igai) ←いがひ (igafi)?

  1. mussel, specifically Korean mussel

Synonyms

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