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

Kangxi Dictionary: page 265, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6428
Dae Jaweon: page 532, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1059, character 14
Unihan data for U+5A62

Unihan data for U+FA80

Chinese

trad.		婢
simp. ^#		婢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (卑) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	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 *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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bì, bèi (bi⁴, bei⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ, ㄅㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁵
Eastern Min (BUC): bê
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pī

(Teochew, Peng'im): bi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bì
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴
  - Yale: bì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
  - Palladius: би (bi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bèi
  - Wade–Giles: pei⁴
  - Yale: bèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bey
  - Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pei⁵
  - Yale: péih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯¹³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛi²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī
  - Tâi-lô: pī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bi⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³⁵/

Middle Chinese: bjieX

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	/biᴇ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɛ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biə̆^X/
Li Rong	/bie^X/
Wang Li	/bǐe^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱie̯^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]eʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*peʔ/, /*beʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	婢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bì
Middle Chinese	‹ bjie^X ›
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

female slave
- 威王勃然怒曰：『叱嗟！而母婢也。』 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE
  Wēi Wáng bórán nù yuē: ‘Chì jiē! Ér mǔ bì yě.’ [Pinyin]
  King Wei furiously responded: "To hell with you! Son of a slave-girl."
(humble) Self-designation used by females in ancient China: your servant

Coordinate terms

(slave): (male) 僕／仆 (pú)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

婢

(Hyōgai kanji)

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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