狒

狒 U+72D2, 狒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72D2 ← 狑 [U+72D1] CJK Unified Ideographs 狓 → [U+72D3]

Translingual

Han character

狒 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大竹中中弓 (KHLLN), four-corner 4522₇, composition ⿰犭弗)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 709, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20338
• Dae Jaweon: page 1121, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1342, character 5
• Unihan data for U+72D2

Chinese

simp. and trad.		狒

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鄪	*prɯds
費	*prɯds, *pʰɯds, *bɯds
砩	*pads
沸	*pɯds
疿	*pɯds
茀	*pɯds, *pʰɯd
髴	*pʰɯds, *pɯd, *pʰɯd
昲	*pʰɯds
靅	*pʰɯds
狒	*buds
怫	*bɯds, *bɯd
胇	*brɯd
艴	*bɯːd, *pʰɯd
弗	*pɯd
紼	*pɯd
柫	*pɯd
笰	*pɯd
拂	*pʰɯd
刜	*pʰɯd, *bɯd
彿	*pʰɯd
佛	*bɯd
坲	*bɯd
咈	*bɯd
炥	*bɯd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *buds) : semantic 犭 (“dog”) + phonetic 弗 (OC *pɯd).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèi (fei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei⁶ / fai⁶ / fai³ / fat¹

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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: fei⁶ / fai⁶ / fai³ / fat¹
    • Yale: feih / faih / fai / fāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei⁶ / fai⁶ / fai³ / fat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi⁶ / fei⁶ / fei³ / fed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯²²/, /fɐi̯²²/, /fɐi̯³³/, /fɐt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bj+jH

Rime
Character	狒
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): /*buds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	狒
Reading #	1/1
No.	3308
Phonetic component	弗
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𥝋
Old Chinese	/*buds/
Notes	見爾雅，沸原誤涕，依內府本及王韻校改

Definitions

狒

1. Only used in 狒狒 (fèifèi, “baboon”).

Japanese

Kanji

狒

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. a baboon (primate)

Readings

• Go-on: び (bi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: ひひ (hihi, 狒)

Compounds

• 狒々(ひひ) (hihi)

Korean

Hanja

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

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