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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
Glyph origin
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”.
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
( ~臟 ) ( traditional Chinese medicine ) a functionally defined organ of the digestive system , corresponding largely to the anatomical organ of the pancreas
( ~臟 ) ( Western medicine, anatomy ) spleen
( 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
(Hyōgai kanji )
Readings
Pronunciation
Noun
脾( よこし ) • (yokoshi )
( 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
Wikisource
脾 (eumhun 지라 비 ( jira bi ) )
hanja form? of 비 ( “ spleen ” )
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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