斐

斐	U+6590, 斐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6590

← 斏
[U+658F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

斑 →
[U+6591]

Translingual

Han character

斐 (Kangxi radical 67, 文+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中卜卜大 (LYYK), four-corner 1140₀, composition ⿱非文)

graceful, elegant, beautiful

Derived characters

𢵪, 𪷕, 𩦎, 𦻔, 𩇿

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 477, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13469
Dae Jaweon: page 835, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2170, character 16
Unihan data for U+6590

Chinese

trad.		斐
simp. ^#		斐

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
啡	*pʰɯːlʔ
排	*brɯːl
俳	*brɯːl
輫	brɯːl, buːl
悲	*prɯl
棑	breː, brɯːls
輩	*puːls
裴	buːl, bɯl
徘	*buːl
琲	*buːlʔ
痱	buːlʔ, pɯds, bɯl, bɯls
非	*pɯl
扉	*pɯl
緋	*pɯl
猆	*pɯl
斐	pɯl, pʰɯlʔ
馡	*pɯl
騑	pɯl, pʰɯl
誹	pɯl, pɯlʔ, *pɯls
餥	pɯl, pɯlʔ
匪	*pɯlʔ
棐	*pɯlʔ
蜚	pɯlʔ, bɯls
篚	*pɯlʔ
榧	*pɯlʔ
鯡	*pɯls
霏	*pʰɯl
菲	pʰɯl, pʰɯlʔ, *bɯls
婔	*pʰɯl
裶	*pʰɯl
悱	*pʰɯlʔ
奜	*pʰɯlʔ
腓	bɯl, bɯls
陫	*bɯlʔ
屝	*bɯls
厞	*bɯls
翡	*bɯls

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fěi (fei³)

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fěi
  - Wade–Giles: fei³
  - Yale: fěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feei
  - Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fei²
  - Yale: féi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: féi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: phj+jX

Rime
Character	斐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	敷尾切
Baxter	phj+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʉi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷɨi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuəi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuj^X/
Li Rong	/pʰiuəi^X/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwəi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰwe̯i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	斐
Reading #	2/2
No.	3100
Phonetic component	非
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯlʔ/

Definitions

斐

(literary) brilliant; magnificent
Used in transcription.
(Taiwan, dated) South Africa
See also: 斐京

Compounds

成績斐然 / 成绩斐然
斐亹
斐斐
斐斖
斐濟 / 斐济 (Fěijì)
斐濟人 / 斐济人
斐然 (fěirán)
斐然向風 / 斐然向风
斐然成章
績效斐然 / 绩效斐然
萋斐
萋斐貝錦 / 萋斐贝锦

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēi, fěi (fei¹, fei³)

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ, ㄈㄟˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fei
  - Wade–Giles: fei¹
  - Yale: fēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fei
  - Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fěi
  - Wade–Giles: fei³
  - Yale: fěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feei
  - Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯²¹⁴/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*pɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	斐
Reading #	1/2
No.	3080
Phonetic component	非
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	猆
Old Chinese	/*pɯl/

Definitions

斐

a surname

Japanese

Shinjitai	斐
Kyūjitai ^[1]^[2]^[3]	斐󠄁 斐+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	斐󠄄 斐+`󠄄`^? (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

斐

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

brilliant; magnificent

Readings

Go-on: ひ (hi)^{←ひ (fi, historical)}
Kan-on: ひ (hi)^{←ひ (fi, historical)}
Kun: あきらか (akiraka)、あや (aya, 斐)、うつくしい (utsukushī)、なびく (nabiku)
Nanori: あきら (akira)、あやる (ayaru)、い (i)、なが (naga)、よし (yoshi)

Compounds

斐(ひ)韡(い) (hī)
斐(ひ)紙(し) (hishi)
斐(ひ)爾(じ) (hiji)
斐(ひ)什(じゅう) (hijū)
斐(ひ)如(じょ) (hijo)
斐(ひ)成(せい) (hisei)
斐(ひ)然(ぜん) (hizen)
斐(ひ)斐(ひ) (hihi)
斐(ひ)尾(び) (hibi)
斐(ひ)美(び) (hibi)
斐(ひ)亹(び) (hibi)
斐(ひ)文(ぶん) (hibun)
斐(ひ)炳(へい) (hihei)
甲(か)斐(い) (Kai)
狂斐
衰斐
萋(せい)斐(ひ) (seihi)
紛斐
有斐

References

^ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “斐”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎^[1] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1027 (paper), page 564 (digital)
^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 624 (paper), page 325 (digital)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

斐: Hán Nôm readings: phỉ

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[1] 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “斐”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎^[1] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN

[2] Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1027 (paper), page 564 (digital)

[3] Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 624 (paper), page 325 (digital)

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