配

配	U+914D, 配 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-914D

Translingual

Han character

配 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一田尸山 (MWSU), four-corner 1761₇, composition ⿰酉己)

Derived characters

𪡭, 𫱓, 𢲭, 𪶪, 𬀎, 𦟊, 嶏, 蓜, 𫅉, 𫑸

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1280, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39771
Dae Jaweon: page 1779, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3574, character 3
Unihan data for U+914D

Chinese

trad.		配
simp. ^#		配

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 配
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

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

	Old Chinese
配	*pʰɯːds
嶏	pʰɯːds, pʰɯd

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 酉 (“alcohol vessel”) + 卩 (“kneeling person”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pèi (pei⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pui³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phi

(Meixian, Guangdong): pi⁴
Northern Min (KCR): po̿
Eastern Min (BUC): puói
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phòe / phèr / phè

(Teochew, Peng'im): puê³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pèi
  - Wade–Giles: pʻei⁴
  - Yale: pèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pey
  - Palladius: пэй (pɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pui³
  - Yale: pui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pui³
  - Guangdong Romanization: pui³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phi
  - Hakka Romanization System: pi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: pi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: po̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰo³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: puói
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰui²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòe
  - Tâi-lô: phuè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoex
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pʰue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰue²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phèr
  - Tâi-lô: phèr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰə⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phè
  - Tâi-lô: phè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phex
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰe¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰe²¹/
  - IPA (Jinjiang): /pʰe⁴¹/

Note:

phòe - literary;
phèr/phè - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: puê³
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phuè
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰue²¹³/

Middle Chinese: phwojH

Rime
Character	配
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	滂佩切
Baxter	phwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰuʌi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰuoi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰuɒi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰwəj^H/
Li Rong	/pʰuᴀi^H/
Wang Li	/pʰuɒi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰuɑ̆i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pui³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰˤ[ə][j]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	配
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pèi
Middle Chinese	‹ phwoj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*pʰˁ[ə][j]-s/
English	counterpart; be the counterpart of
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	配
Reading #	1/1
No.	9653
Phonetic component	配
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	配
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯːds/
Notes	甲金文從酉從卩表配酒，非己聲

Definitions

配

to match
to join
to deserve; to be worthy
我不配做您的學生。 [MSC, trad.]
我不配做您的学生。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ bù pèi zuò nín de xuéshēng. [Pinyin]
I don't deserve to be your student.
to mix or match according to a standard or appropriate proportions; to make up (a medical prescription)
配藥／配药 ― pèiyào ― to make up a medical prescription
to allocate
(Eastern Min, Wenzhounese) a dish served to accompany rice or other staple food

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 菜 (“dish; vegetable or meat dish”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		菜餚, 菜品, 菜蔬
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	菜
	Taiwan	菜
	Singapore	菜
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	菜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	菜
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	菜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	菜
	Wuhan	菜
	Guiyang	下飯菜
	Guilin	菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	餸, 餸菜
	Hong Kong	餸, 餸菜
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	餸菜
	Macau	餸
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	餸
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	餸
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	餸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	餸
	Foshan	餸
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	餸
	Foshan (Shunde)	餸
	Foshan (Sanshui)	餸
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	餸
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	餸
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	餸
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	餸
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	餸
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	餸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	餸
	Taishan	餸, 餸菜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	餸
	Enping (Niujiang)	餸
	Heshan (Yayao)	餸
	Dongguan	餸
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	餸
	Yangjiang	餸
	Beihai	餸
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	菜
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	菜
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	菜
	Sanya (Yanglan Maihua)	菜餸
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	餸
	Singapore (Guangfu)	餸
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	餸
	Móng Cái	菜
Gan	Nanchang	菜
Hakka	Meixian	菜
Jin	Taiyuan	菜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	菜
	Songxi	菜
	Jianyang	菜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	配
	Gutian	配飯菜
	Fuding	乇配
Southern Min	Xiamen	物配, 菜配, 菜
	Quanzhou	物配, 菜
	Yongchun	菜
	Zhangzhou	物配
	Singapore (Hokkien)	物配, 菜配
	Manila (Hokkien)	物配
	Longyan	配
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	配
	Chaozhou	物配
	Jieyang	物配
	Leizhou	物配, 配
Puxian Min	Putian	物配
Central Min	Yong'an	菜
Central Min	Sanming (Shaxian)	配
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	配
Wu	Shanghai	小菜
	Suzhou	小菜
	Jiaxing	鹹酸
	Shaoxing	下飯
	Ningbo	下飯, 菜蔬, 小菜 rare
	Zhoushan	下飯, 菜蔬, 小菜 rare
	Wenzhou	配, 餚配
Xiang	Changsha	菜
Xiang	Shuangfeng	菜

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai	配
Kyūjitai ^[1]	配󠄃 配+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

配

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Go-on: はい (hai, Jōyō)、へ (he)
Kan-on: はい (hai, Jōyō)
Kun: くばる (kubaru, 配る, Jōyō)、つれあい (tsureai, 配)^{←つれあひ (tureafi, 配, historical)}
Nanori: あつ (atsu)、とも (tomo)

Compounds

配(はい)剤(ざい) (haizai, “dispensation”)
配(はい)置(ち) (haichi, “formation, arrangement, layout”)
- 配(はい)置(ち)転(てん)換(かん) (haichi tenkan, “job rotation”)
配(はい)点(てん) (haiten, “allocation of points”)
配(はい)当(とう) (haitō, “share; dividend”)
配(はい)慮(りょ) (hairyo, “consideration, attention, care”)
配(はい)列(れつ) (hairetsu, “arrangement; (programming) array”)
軍(ぐん)配(ばい) (gunbai, “type of war fan”)
気(け)配(はい) (kehai, “sign, indication, hint”)
交(こう)配(はい) (kōhai, “mating, breeding”)
勾(こう)配(ばい) (kōbai, “slope, incline”)
支(し)配(はい) (shihai, “rule; control”)
心(しん)配(ぱい) (shinpai, “worry, anxiety”)
分(ぶん)配(ぱい) (bunpai, “distribution, allocation”)

References

^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1241 (paper), page 633 (digital)

Korean

Hanja

配 (eumhun 짝 배 (jjak bae))
配 (eumhun 나눌 배 (nanul bae))

hanja form^? of 배 (“match”)
hanja form^? of 배 (“allocate”)

Compounds

배부 (配付, baebu, “distribution”)
배우자 (配偶者, bae'uja, “spouse”)

Vietnamese

Han character

配: Hán Nôm readings: phối, phới, phôi

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[1] Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1241 (paper), page 633 (digital)

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