緋

See also: 绯

緋	U+7DCB, 緋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DCB

← 緊
[U+7DCA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

緌 →
[U+7DCC]

Translingual

Han character

緋 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火中一卜 (VFLMY), four-corner 2191₁, composition ⿰糹非)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 929, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27604
Dae Jaweon: page 1367, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3412, character 8
Unihan data for U+7DCB

Chinese

trad.		緋
simp.		绯

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 緋
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pɯl): semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 非 (OC *pɯl).

Etymology

Maybe a cognate of 翡 (OC *bɯls, “a kind of red kingfisher”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēi (fei¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fei¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): fei¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fi¹
Eastern Min (BUC): pĭ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hui

(Teochew, Peng'im): hui¹

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fei¹
  - Yale: fēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: féi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: fei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei³³/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fi⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: pĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui
  - Tâi-lô: hui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hui¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³³/

Middle Chinese: pj+j

Rime
Character	緋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	甫微切
Baxter	pj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/piuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puj/
Li Rong	/piuəi/
Wang Li	/pĭwəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*pɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	緋
Reading #	1/1
No.	3078
Phonetic component	非
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	猆
Old Chinese	/*pɯl/

Definitions

緋

bright red; scarlet

Synonyms

(bright red):

大紅 / 大红 (dàhóng)
嫣紅 / 嫣红 (yānhóng) (literary)
緋紅 / 绯红 (fēihóng)
鮮紅 / 鲜红 (xiānhóng)

Compounds

緋紅 / 绯红 (fēihóng)
緋紫 / 绯紫
緋綠 / 绯绿
緋綠社 / 绯绿社
緋聞 / 绯闻
緋衣 / 绯衣
緋衲襖 / 绯衲袄

Japanese

Kanji

緋

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

scarlet, red

Readings

Go-on: ひ (hi)^{←ひ (fi, historical)}
Kan-on: ひ (hi)^{←ひ (fi, historical)}
Kun: あか (aka, 緋)
Nanori: あけ (ake)

Compounds

緋(ひ)衣(い) (hii)
緋(ひ)色(いろ) (hiiro)
緋(ひ)桃(とう) (hitō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
緋
ひ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 緋 (MC pj+j).

Noun

緋(ひ) • (hi)

scarlet

Synonyms

緋(ひ)色(いろ) (hiiro)

See also

深(しん)紅(こう)色(しょく) (shinkōshoku), 紅(ぐ)蓮(れん) (guren): crimson
赤(あか) (aka): red

Korean

Hanja

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

scarlet, red

Compounds

비단 (緋緞, Bidan)

Vietnamese

Han character

緋: Hán Nôm readings: phi

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