鼣

鼣 U+9F23, 鼣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F23 ← 鼢 [U+9F22] CJK Unified Ideographs 鼤 → [U+9F24]

Translingual

Han character

鼣 (Kangxi radical 208, 鼠+4, 17 strokes, cangjie input 竹女戈大 (HVIK), four-corner 2371₃, composition ⿰鼠犬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1527, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48403
• Dae Jaweon: page 2064, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4772, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9F23

Chinese

trad.		鼣
simp. #		鼣

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 鼠 (“mouse; rat”) + 犬 (“dog”).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “吠?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèi (fei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèi
    • Wade–Giles: fei⁴
    • Yale: fèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fey
    • Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fai⁶
    • Yale: faih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: bjojH

Rime
Character	鼣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	廢 (28)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符廢切
Baxter	bjojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐiH/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐiH/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buajH/
Li Rong	/biuɐiH/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai6

Definitions

鼣

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a large rodent whose call sounds like a dog barking