妣

Translingual

Han character

妣 (radical 38 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女心心 (VPP), four-corner 4141₀, composition ⿰女比)

1. a posthumous name for mothers
   • The Book of Rites, Qu Li II, 122:

     生曰父、曰母、曰妻，死曰考、曰妣、曰嬪。

     While alive, the names of 'father', 'mother', and 'wife' are used; when they are dead, those of 'the completed one', 'the corresponding one', and 'the honored one'.

References

• KangXi: page 257, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6103
• Dae Jaweon: page 521, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1030, character 8
• Unihan data for U+59A3

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Cantonese

Hanzi

妣 (jyutping bei2, Yale bei2)

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Japanese

Kanji

妣

Readings

• On: ひ (hi)
• Kun: なきはは (nakihaha)

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Korean

Hanja

妣 (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune-Reischauer pi)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

妣 (pinyin bǐ (bi3), Wade-Giles pi³)

Last modified on 5 November 2012, at 04:18