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Translingual
Stroke order
Japan (For Chinese, skip stroke 5 and draw stroke 9 so as to cover both strokes 5 and 9. )
Han character
肺 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉 +4 in Chinese , 肉+5 in Japanese , 8 strokes in Chinese , 9 strokes in Japanese , cangjie input 月十月 (BJB ) or 月卜中月 (BYLB ), four-corner 75227 , composition ⿰月 巿 (G H T K V ) or ⿰月 市 (J ))
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 976 , character 24
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29328
Dae Jaweon: page 1428, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2047, character 2
Unihan data for U+80BA
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
沛
*poːbs, *pʰoːbs
芾
*poːbs, *pubs, *pub
伂
*poːbs
霈
*pʰoːbs
旆
*boːbs
肺
*pʰobs
杮
*pʰobs
巿
*pub
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *pʰobs ) : semantic 肉 ( “ meat; flesh ” ) + phonetic 巿 ( OC *pub) .
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *p-wap ( “ lung ” ) .
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : fèi (fei4 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄈㄟˋ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : fei4
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : фи (fi, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : fai3
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : fei1
Gan (Wiktionary ) : fii4
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : fi / hi
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : fi4
Jin (Wiktionary ) : fei3
Northern Min (KCR ) : hi̿
Eastern Min (BUC ) : hié
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : hì / hùi
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : hui3
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 5 fi
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : fei4
Note :
Sixian:
fi - literary;
hi - vernacular.
Note :
Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwan:
hì - vernacular;
hùi - literary.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
肺
Reading #
1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
fèi
Middle Chinese
‹ phjojH ›
Old Chinese
/*pʰo-s/
English
lung
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
肺
Reading #
1/1
No.
3293
Phonetic component
巿
Rime group
祭
Rime subdivision
3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese
/*pʰobs/
Notes
芳 由 方 校 改
Definitions
肺
( anatomy ) lung
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
肺 (“lung”)
Compounds
Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
肺
Reading #
2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
pèi
Middle Chinese
‹ phajH ›
Old Chinese
/*pʰˁ-s/
English
dense, luxuriant (foliage)
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.
Definitions
肺
Only used in 肺肺 .
References
Japanese
Kanji
肺
(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji )
lung
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 肺 (MC phjojH )
Pronunciation
Noun
肺( はい ) • (hai )
( anatomy ) lung
Synonyms
Etymology 2
/pukupukusi/ → /ɸukuɸusi/ .
From Old Japanese .
Pronunciation
Noun
肺( ふくふくし ) • (fukufukushi )
( obsolete , anatomy ) lung
938 , Minamoto no Shitagō , Wamyō Ruijushō , volume 2, page 35 :肺 白虎通云 音廢 布久布久之 [...] 金之精也 色白 [...] 肺藏也 [...] Lung. Said to be white tigers pipe. Chinese reading is pai , Pukupukusi . the metal has been polished. color white the lungs are hidden.
References
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute , editor (1998 ), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary ] (in Japanese), Tokyo : NHK Publishing, Inc. , →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 [Daijirin ] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997 ), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten ] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
Unknown (794 ) Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978 , →ISBN .
Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938 ) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto : Rinsen, published 1968 , →ISBN .
Takeuchi, Rizō (1962 ) Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō : Tōkyōdō Shuppan, →ISBN .
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 肺 (MC phjojH ).
Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun , 1448
폥〮 (Yale : phyéy )
Middle Korean
Text
Eumhun
Gloss (hun )
Reading
Hunmong Jahoe , 1527
부〮화 (Yale : pwúhwà )
폐〯 (Yale : phyěy )
Pronunciation
(SK Standard /Seoul ) IPA (key ) : ~ Phonetic hangul: Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Hanja
Wikisource
肺 (eumhun 허파 폐 ( heopa pye ) )
hanja form? of 폐 ( “ lungs ” )
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
肺 : Hán Nôm readings: phế , phổi , chị , phễ
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