肺

Translingual

Han character

肺 (radical 130 肉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月十月 (BJB), 月卜中月 (BYLB), four-corner 7522₇)

1. lungs

References

• KangXi: page 976, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29328
• Dae Jaweon: page 1428, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2047, character 2
• Unihan data for U+80BA

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Cantonese

Hanzi

肺 (Yale fai3)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

• pukupukusi > ɸukuɸusi.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɸukuɸukuɕi]

Noun

肺 (hiragana ふくふくし, romaji fukufukushi)

1. (anatomy) lung
   • 794: Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (page 68)

     心肺 々音辨 々訓布々久々之

   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 2 page 35)

     肺 白虎通云 音廢 布久布久之 [...] 金之精也 色白 [...] 肺藏也 [...]

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA: [hai]

Noun

肺 (hiragana はい, romaji hai)

1. (anatomy) lung

Synonyms

• 肺臓 (haizō)

Etymology 3

Kanji

肺 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: はい (hai)
• Kun: はい (hai), まごころ (magokoro)

Compounds

• 肺臓 (haizō)

References

• Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 1: Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (in Japanese), Kyūko Shoin (published 1978; original text from 794), ISBN 4-7629-3088-1.
• 1968 May 22 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:

• 1962 May 22, Rizō Takeuchi, Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, ISBN 4-4903-0010-7:

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Korean

Hanja

肺
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 폐 (rare) 패 (revised: pye (pe); pae, McCune-Reischauer: p'ye (p'e); p'ae, Yale: ph^yey; phay)

• Name (hangeul): 허파 폐; 성할 패()

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

肺 (pinyin fèi (fei4), pèi (pei4), Wade-Giles fei⁴, p'ei⁴)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

肺 (piæ̀i, phwǝ̀j)

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Vietnamese

Han character

肺 (phế, phổi, chị)