婢

婢 U+5A62, 婢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A62
← 婡
[U+5A61]
CJK Unified Ideographs 婣 →
[U+5A63]

婢 U+FA80, 婢
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA80
← 奔
[U+FA7F]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs 嬨 →
[U+FA81]

Translingual

Han character

婢 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女竹田十 (VHWJ), four-corner 46440, composition ⿰女卑)

References

Chinese

trad. 婢
simp. # 婢

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *peʔ, *beʔ) : semantic 女 + phonetic 卑 (OC *pe). May also be considered a ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + semantic 卑 (“low, inferior”), especially in light of its etymology.

Etymology

Endoactive of 卑 (bēi, “low, inferior”) (i.e., what is low, what is inferior). Possible allofam of 嬖 (bì, “favorite person, favorite concubine”).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 婢
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 便婢切
Baxter bjieX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/biᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun
/biɛX/
Shao
Rongfen
/bjɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/biə̆X/
Li
Rong
/bieX/
Wang
Li
/bǐeX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bei6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 婢
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
bì
Middle
Chinese
‹ bjieX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[b]eʔ/
English female slave or servant

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 婢 婢
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 378 394
Phonetic
component
卑 卑
Rime
group
支 支
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
𢔌 婢
Old
Chinese
/*peʔ/ /*beʔ/

Definitions

婢

  1. female slave
  2. (humble) Self-designation used by females in ancient China: your servant

Coordinate terms

  • (slave): (male) 僕/仆 (pú)

Compounds

  • 僮婢
  • 呼奴使婢
  • 女婢 (nǚbì)
  • 奴婢 (núbì)
  • 奴脣婢舌/奴唇婢舌
  • 奴顏婢睞/奴颜婢睐
  • 奴顏婢膝/奴颜婢膝 (núyánbìxī)
  • 婢作夫人
  • 婢僕/婢仆
  • 婢女 (bìnǚ)
  • 婢妮
  • 婢妾 (bìqiè)
  • 婢子
  • 婢學夫人/婢学夫人
  • 婢膝奴顏/婢膝奴颜
  • 媵婢
  • 官婢
  • 家生婢
  • 灶下婢
  • 爨婢 (cuànbì)
  • 童婢
  • 老婢
  • 賤婢/贱婢
  • 金奴銀婢/金奴银婢

Japanese

Kanji

婢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. maidservant
  2. female slave

Readings

  • Go-on: び (bi)
  • Kan-on: ひ (hi)
  • Kun: はしため (hashitame, 婢)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

婢 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

婢: Hán Nôm readings: tì

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