Wiktionary

飛

See also: 飞
飛 U+98DB, 飛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-98DB
← 飚
[U+98DA] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 飜 →
[U+98DC]
⾶ U+2FB6, ⾶
KANGXI RADICAL FLY
← ⾵
[U+2FB5] 		Kangxi Radicals ⾷ →
[U+2FB7]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
(Chinese)
 
Stroke order
(Japan)
 

Han character edit

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Radical 183 飛

飛 (Kangxi radical 183, 飛+0, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓人竹廿人 (NOHTO), four-corner 12413, composition ⿻𠃧⿰⿱丿丿丨)

  1. Kangxi radical #183, ⾶.

Derived characters edit

Related characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1415, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44000
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1938, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4513, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+98DB

Chinese edit

trad. 飛
simp. 飞
alternative forms 𮨶
𠃧
飝
 
Wikipedia has an article on:
  • 飛 (Cantonese)

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 飛
Shang Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       
Characters in the same phonetic series (飛) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
飛 *pɯl
騛 *pɯl

Pictogram (象形) : a bird flying upwards.

In its modern form, resembles a tasseled 升 (shēng).

Etymology edit

Cognate with Old Chinese 翂 (*pɯn, “appearance of birds flying slowly”) and Old Chinese 奮 (*pɯns, “spread wings and fly”).

“fare”
From English fare. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
“femto-”
Borrowed from English femto-.

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • pî/bi1 - vernacular;
  • fî/fi1 - literary.
Note:
  • ṳě - colloquial;
  • hí - literary.
Note:
  • buŏi - colloquial;
  • hĭ - literary.
Note:
Note:
  • buê1 - colloquial;
  • hui1 - literary.
Rime
Character 飛
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/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/pwe̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fēi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fei1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 飛
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		fēi
Middle
Chinese 		‹ pjɨj ›
Old
Chinese 		/*Cə.pə[r]/ (dialect: *-r > *-j)
English fly (v.)

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 飛
Reading # 1/1
No. 3115
Phonetic
component 		飛
Rime
group 		微
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		猆
Old
Chinese 		/*pɯl/

Definitions edit

飛

  1. (intransitive, of insects, birds, etc.) to fly
  2. (intransitive) to fly (on an aircraft)
    我聽日飛。／我听日飞。 [Cantonese]  ―  ngo5 ting1 jat6 fei1. [Jyutping]  ―  I am flying [on an airplane] tomorrow.
  3. (transitive) to fly (on an aircraft) to
    我明天飛臺北。／我明天飞台北。  ―  Wǒ míngtiān fēi Táiběi.  ―  I am flying to Taipei [on an airplane] tomorrow.
  4. to float in the sky; to hover
    漫天飛雪／漫天飞雪  ―  màntiān fēi xuě  ―  it’s snowing all over
    六月飛霜／六月飞霜  ―  liùyuè fēi shuāng  ―  it’s frosting throughout June
  5. to volatilize
  6. fast; rapid; swiftly
    飛奔／飞奔  ―  fēibēn  ―  to dash
    飛漲／飞涨  ―  fēizhàng  ―  to soar
  7. very; extremely
  8. groundless; unfounded
    流言飛語／流言飞语  ―  liúyánfēiyǔ  ―  rumor and slander; gossip
  9. unexpected; accidental
    飛禍／飞祸  ―  fēihuò  ―  unexpected disaster
  10. (Cantonese) to remove
  11. (Cantonese) to skip; to disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation
    考嗰陣，見到有題目唔識做就飛咗佢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    考嗰阵，见到有题目唔识做就飞咗佢。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    haau2 go2 zan6, gin3 dou3-2 jau5 tai4 muk6 m4 sik1 zou6 zau6 fei1 zo2 keoi5. [Jyutping]
    In the exam, when you see questions that you don't know, skip them.
  12. (Cantonese) to dump; to end a romantic relationship with
    啱啱我畀我條女飛咗。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    啱啱我畀我条女飞咗。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngaam1 ngaam1 ngo5 bei2 ngo5 tiu4 neoi5 fei1 zo2. [Jyutping]
    I just got dumped by my girlfriend.
  13. (Cantonese) ticket; fare (Classifier: 張／张 c)
    車飛／车飞 [Cantonese]  ―  ce1 fei1 [Jyutping]  ―  bus or train ticket
    戲飛／戏飞 [Cantonese]  ―  hei3 fei1 [Jyutping]  ―  movie ticket
    你買咗飛未？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    你买咗飞未？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 maai5 zo2 fei1 mei6? [Jyutping]
    Have you bought a ticket?
  14. (Cantonese) Classifier for cigarettes.
  15. (mahjong) Classifier for number of possible winning tiles.
  16. (Cantonese, by extension) Classifier for number of possible choices.
  17. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to fizzle out; to fail; to fall through
  18. femto- (SI unit prefix)

Synonyms edit

Compounds edit

See also edit

SI prefix
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皮 (pí) 飛 阿

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (飛):
  • → Japanese: 飛(ひ) (hi)
  • → Korean: 비(飛) (bi)
  • → Vietnamese: phi (飛)

Further reading edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

飛

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Compounds

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
飛
ひ
Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 飛 (MC pj+j).

Affix edit

飛(ひ) • (hi) 

  1. fly, flying
  2. flight
  3. overhead
  4. high
  5. fast, rapid, swift
  6. Short for 飛騨国 (Hida-no-kuni): Hida Province

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

Noun edit

飛(ひ) • (hi) 

  1. (shogi) Abbreviation of 飛車 (hisha): a flying chariot piece, with movement corresponding to the rook in Western chess
  2. (baseball) Short for 飛球 (hikyū): a fly ball

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

Korean edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 飛 (MC pj+j). Recorded as Middle Korean 비 (pi) (Yale: pi) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

飛 (eumhun 날 비 (nal bi))

  1. Hanja form? of 비 (“to fly”).

Compounds edit

Compounds

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [4]

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

飛: Hán Nôm readings: phi, bay

  1. gallop; plane
  2. to fly high
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