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
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, OC *peʔ, *beʔ) : semantic 女 + phonetic 卑 (OC *pe).

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
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
  • 婢子
  • 媵婢
  • 官婢
  • 家生婢
  • 灶下婢
  • 爨婢 (cuànbì)
  • 童婢
  • 老婢
  • 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)
  • 婢僕／婢仆
  • 婢學夫人／婢学夫人
  • 婢膝奴顏／婢膝奴颜
  • 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
  • 角(かく)婢(ひ) (kakuhi)
  • 下(か)婢(ひ) (kahi)
  • 官(かん)奴(ぬ)婢(ひ) (kannuhi)
  • 官(かん)婢(ぴ) (kanpi)
  • 公(く)奴(ぬ)婢(ひ) (kunuhi)
  • 私(し)奴(ぬ)婢(ひ) (shinuhi)
  • 侍(じ)婢(ひ) (jihi), 侍婢(まかたち) (makatachi)
  • 賤(せん)婢(ぴ) (senpi)
  • 厨(ちゅう)婢(ひ) (chūhi)
  • 奴(ど)婢(ひ) (dohi), 奴(ぬ)婢(ひ) (nuhi)
  • 婢(ひ)子(し) (hishi)
  • 婢(ひ)妾(しょう) (hishō)
  • 婢(ひ)僕(ぼく) (hiboku)
  • 傅(ふ)婢(ひ) (fuhi)
  • 僕(ぼく)婢(ひ) (bokuhi)
  • 老(ろう)婢(ひ) (rōhi)

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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