翡

翡 U+7FE1, 翡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FE1 ← 翠 [U+7FE0] CJK Unified Ideographs 翢 → [U+7FE2]

Translingual

Han character

翡 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中卜尸一一 (LYSMM), four-corner 1122₇, composition ⿱非羽)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 957, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28733
• Dae Jaweon: page 1403, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3349, character 21
• Unihan data for U+7FE1

Chinese

trad.		翡
simp. #		翡

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 翡
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
啡	*pʰɯːlʔ
排	*brɯːl
俳	*brɯːl
輫	*brɯːl, *buːl
悲	*prɯl
棑	*breː, *brɯːls
輩	*puːls
裴	*buːl, *bɯl
徘	*buːl
琲	*buːlʔ
痱	*buːlʔ, *pɯds, *bɯl, *bɯls
非	*pɯl
扉	*pɯl
緋	*pɯl
猆	*pɯl
斐	*pɯl, *pʰɯlʔ
馡	*pɯl
騑	*pɯl, *pʰɯl
誹	*pɯl, *pɯlʔ, *pɯls
餥	*pɯl, *pɯlʔ
匪	*pɯlʔ
棐	*pɯlʔ
蜚	*pɯlʔ, *bɯls
篚	*pɯlʔ
榧	*pɯlʔ
鯡	*pɯls
霏	*pʰɯl
菲	*pʰɯl, *pʰɯlʔ, *bɯls
婔	*pʰɯl
裶	*pʰɯl
悱	*pʰɯlʔ
奜	*pʰɯlʔ
腓	*bɯl, *bɯls
陫	*bɯlʔ
屝	*bɯls
厞	*bɯls
翡	*bɯls

Etymology

Maybe a cognate of 緋 (OC *pɯl, “bright red”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fěi (fei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei² / fei⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): húi / hūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hui¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fěi
    • Wade–Giles: fei³
    • Yale: fěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feei
    • Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fei² / fei⁶
    • Yale: féi / feih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei² / fei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi² / féi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯³⁵/, /fei̯²²/

Note: fei6 - rare variant.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: húi
    • Tâi-lô: huí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūi
    • Tâi-lô: huī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³³/

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• Middle Chinese: bj+jH

Rime
Character	翡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	扶沸切
Baxter	bj+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/biuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bujH/
Li Rong	/biuəiH/
Wang Li	/bĭwəiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱwe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	翡
Reading #	1/1
No.	3113
Phonetic component	非
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𥝋
Old Chinese	/*bɯls/
Notes	沸原由涕校改

Definitions

翡

1. a kind of red kingfisher
2. used in 翡翠 (fěicuì, “kingfisher; jadeite”)

References

• 康熙字典翡的解釋

Synonyms

• (kingfisher):

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• 翠鳥 / 翠鸟 (cuìniǎo)
• 魚狗 / 鱼狗 (yúgǒu)
• 魚虎 / 鱼虎 (yúhǔ)

Dialectal synonyms of 翠鳥 (“kingfisher”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		翠, 翡, 翡翠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		翠鳥
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	翠鳥, 魚狗
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	翠雀, 釣魚郎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	釣魚郎
Gan	Pingxiang	翠翠鳥
Hakka	Meixian	翠仔, 官翠仔
	Xingning	羊牯翠
	Huidong (Daling)	官翠
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	官翠
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	翠鳥
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	青翠
	Changting	翠哩
	Wuping	沙鰍鑽
	Liancheng	翠鳥
	Yudu	翠子
	Ruijin	翠子
	Shicheng	翠子
	Shangyou (Shexi)	取子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	翡翠
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	翡翠
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	翡翠
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	翡翠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	翡翠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	翡翠
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	翠毛鳥
Southern Min	Xiamen	釣魚翁, 翠軟
	Zhangzhou	釣魚翁
	Tainan	釣魚翁 GT
	Shantou	釘魚鳥, 釘魚獅鳥
	Shantou (Chenghai)	釘魚鳥
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	釘魚鳥
	Jieyang	釘魚鳥, 釘魚獅
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	釣魚公
Wu	Wenzhou	青翠, 翠花鳥
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Compounds

• 翡帷
• 翡幬 / 翡帱
• 翡翠 (fěicuì)

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 翡

翡

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

翡: Hán Nôm readings: phỉ

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References

• Nom Foundation