婢

婢 U+5A62, 婢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A62 ← 婡 [U+5A61] CJK Unified Ideographs 婣 → [U+5A63]

Translingual

Han character

婢 (radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女竹田十 (VHWJ), four-corner 4644₀, composition ⿰女卑)

References

• KangXi: page 265, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6428
• Dae Jaweon: page 532, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1059, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5A62

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		婢

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
捭	*preːʔ
牌	*breː, *breː
郫	*breː, *bre, *be
蠯	*breː, *be, *breːŋʔ
猈	*breːʔ, *breː
稗	*breːs
粺	*breːs
𥱼	*breː
豍	*peː
箄	*peː, *pe, *peʔ
錍	*pʰeː, *pe
睥	*pʰeːs
渒	*pʰeːs, *pe
鼙	*beː
鞞	*beː, *pe, *peʔ, *peːŋʔ
椑	*beː, *pe, *beɡ, *beːɡ
崥	*beː, *peʔ
髀	*beːʔ, *peʔ, *piʔ
卑	*pe
鵯	*pe, *pʰiɡ
裨	*pe, *be
痺	*pe
碑	*pre
婢	*peʔ, *beʔ
諀	*pʰeʔ
脾	*be
埤	*be
陴	*be
蜱	*be, *mbew
焷	*be
螷	*be, *breːŋʔ
庳	*beʔ
琕	*biːŋ
萆	*beɡ, *slɯʔ
綼	*biɡ, *peːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì, bèi (bi⁴, bei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ, ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁵
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard)⁺
    • Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Wade–Giles: pi4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: bèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ
    • Wade–Giles: pei4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bey
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei⁵
    • Yale: péih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī
    • Tâi-lô: pī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /biᴇ^X/

Rime
Character	婢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	便婢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biə̆X/
Li Rong	/bieX/
Wang Li	/bǐeX/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]eʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*peʔ/, /*beʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	婢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bì
Middle Chinese	‹ bjieX ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]eʔ/
English	female slave or servant
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	婢	婢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	378	394
Phonetic component	卑	卑
Rime group	支	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	𢔌	婢
Old Chinese	/*peʔ/	/*beʔ/

Definitions

婢

1. female slave

   威王勃然怒曰：『叱嗟！而母婢也。』 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   威王勃然怒曰：‘叱嗟！而母婢也。’ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

   Wēi Wáng bórán nù yuē: ‘Chì jiē! Ér mǔ bì yě.’ [Pinyin]

   King Wei furiously responded: "To hell with you! Son of a slave-girl."

2. (humble) Self-designation used by females in ancient China: your servant

Coordinate terms

• (slave): (male) 僕／仆 (pú)

Compounds

• 僮婢
• 呼奴使婢
• 女婢 (nǚbì)
• 奴婢 (núbì)
• 奴脣婢舌／奴唇婢舌
• 奴顏婢睞／奴颜婢睐
• 奴顏婢膝／奴颜婢膝 (núyánbìxī)
• 婢作夫人

• 婢僕／婢仆
• 婢女 (bìnǚ)
• 婢妮
• 婢妾 (bìqiè)
• 婢子
• 婢學夫人／婢学夫人
• 婢膝奴顏／婢膝奴颜
• 媵婢

• 官婢
• 家生婢
• 灶下婢
• 爨婢 (cuànbì)
• 童婢
• 老婢
• 賤婢／贱婢
• 金奴銀婢／金奴银婢

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Japanese

Kanji

婢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: び (bi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: はしため (hashitame)

Compounds

• 僕婢 (bokuhi)
• 厨婢 (chūhi)
• 奴婢 (dohi, nuhi)
• 傅婢 (fuhi)
• 婢僕 (hiboku)
• 婢子 (hishi)
• 婢妾 (hishō)
• 侍婢 (jihi, makatachi)
• 下婢 (kahi)
• 角婢 (kakuhi)
• 官奴婢 (kannuhi)
• 官婢 (kanpi)
• 公奴婢 (kunuhi)
• 賤婢 (senpi)
• 私奴 (shinuhi)
• 老婢 (rōhi)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

婢 (tì)

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