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Translingual
Han character
吠 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口戈大 (RIK), four-corner 63034, composition ⿰口犬)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 177, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3331
- Dae Jaweon: page 395, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 587, character 2
- Unihan data for U+5420
Chinese
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 口 (“mouth”) + 犬 (“dog”) – to bark.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *baus (“to bark”); cognate to Mizo bauh (“to bark”) (Schuessler, 2007, 2024). Ultimately onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): fèi (fei4)
- (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fei4
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fai6
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): fei5
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): phoi
- (Hailu, HRS): poi˖
- (Meixian, Guangdong): poi4
- Northern Min (KCR): bṳ̄
- Eastern Min (BUC): bôi / hiê
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): pūi / pǔi / hūi
- (Teochew, Peng'im): bui7
- (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): bui1 / bhing7 / kieng2
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5fi
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fei4
Note:
- bôi - vernacular;
- hiê - literary.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Philippines)
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Note:
- pūi/pǔi - vernacular;
- hūi - literary.
- (Teochew)
- (Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: bui1 / bhing7 / kieng2
- Sinological IPA: /pui³⁵/, /biŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰieŋ³¹/
Note:
- bui1 - vernacular;
- bhing7/kieng2 - literary.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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吠
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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fèi
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ bjojH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*Cə.bo-s/
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| English
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bark (v.)
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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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吠
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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3127
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Phonetic
component
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吠
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Rime
group
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祭
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
吠
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Old
Chinese
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/*bods/
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Definitions
吠
- (of a dog) to bark
鷄鳴狗吠相聞，而達乎四境。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
鸡鸣狗吠相闻，而达乎四境。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Jī míng gǒu fèi xiāng wén, ér dá hū sìjìng.
- Cocks crow and dogs bark to one another, all the way to the four borders of the State.
2008, “阿比仔的心事”, in 林文修 (lyrics), 曹俊鴻 (music), 戀情海, performed by 詹雅雯:
天袜光 狗袜吠 趕緊出門來做工 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
天袜光 狗袜吠 赶紧出门来做工 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]- thiⁿ bōe kng, káu bōe pūi, kóaⁿ-kín chhut-mn̂g lâi chòe-kang [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- Dawn hasn't broken, the dogs haven't barked, they rush out to work
- (Cantonese) to talk nonsense
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
吠
(Hyōgai kanji)
- Bark; howl.
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
吠 (eum 폐 (pye))
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Vietnamese
Han character
吠: Hán Nôm readings: phệ, phịa
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References