# 腓

| 腓 | U+8153, &#33107; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8153 |
| ← 腒 [U+8152] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 腔 → [U+8154] |

## Translingual
### Han character

腓 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月中一卜 (BLMY), four-corner 7121$_1$, composition ⿰⺼非)
* calf (leg)
* avoid
* be ill
* wither

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 987, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29629
* Dae Jaweon: page 1439, character 19
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2087, character 1
* Unihan data for U+8153

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bɯl, *bɯls) : semantic 肉 (“flesh”) + phonetic 非 (OC *pɯl).

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pej (“leg; thigh; foot”) (STEDT). Cognate with Mizo phei (“foot; leg”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): féi (fei$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fei$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): fei$^1$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fi$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): pì
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hûi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hui$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$vi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: féi
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: féi
*** Wade–Giles: fei$^2$
*** Yale: féi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feir
*** Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /feɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fei$^4$
*** Yale: fèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: féi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fei̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fei³³/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fi⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: pì
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûi
*** Tâi-lô: huî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: huii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hui²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hui²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hui²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hui$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui
*** Sinological IPA : /hui³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$vi
*** MiniDict: vi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$vi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vi²³/
* Middle Chinese: bj+j, bj+jH
Rime :
| Character | 腓 | 腓 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 符非切 | 扶沸切 |
| Baxter | bj+j | bj+jH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bʉi/ | /bʉi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bʷɨi/ | /bʷɨi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biuəi/ | /biuəi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buj/ | /buj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /biuəi/ | /biuəi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭwəi/ | /bĭwəi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱwe̯i/ | /bʱwe̯i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | féi | fèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fei$^4$ | fei$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*bɯl/, /*bɯls/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 腓 | 腓 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 3104 | 3108 |
| Phonetic component | 非 | 非 |
| Rime group | 微 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 肥 | 𥝋 |
| Old Chinese | /*bɯl/ | /*bɯls/ |
| Notes | | 沸原作涕據內府本及王韻 |

#### Definitions

腓
* calf; the back of the leg below the knee
* (literary, of plants) to die from diseases; to shrivel; to wilt
    From: c. 8th century, Gao Shi (高適),《燕歌行》, translated by Stephen Owen
    Dàmò qióngqiū sàicǎo féi, gūchéng luòrì dòubīng xī. [Pinyin]
    On the great desert, autumn’s end, border plants sicken and die; A lone fortress in setting sunlight where troops doing battle grow fewer.
* (obsolete) to protect
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Dàn zhì zhī àixiàng, niú yáng féi zì zhī. [Pinyin]
    He was placed in a narrow lane, But the sheep and oxen protected him with loving care.

#### Compounds

* 腓腸／腓肠 (féicháng)
* 腓腸肌／腓肠肌 (féichángjī)
* 腓骨 (féigǔ)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): féi (fei$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fei$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fî
* Northern Min (KCR): hǐ
* Eastern Min (BUC): pì
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hui
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hui$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: féi
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: féi
*** Wade–Giles: fei$^2$
*** Yale: féi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feir
*** Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /feɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fei$^4$
*** Yale: fèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: féi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fei̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fî
*** Hakka Romanization System: fi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fi²⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hǐ
*** Sinological IPA : /xi²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: pì
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui
*** Tâi-lô: hui
*** Phofsit Daibuun: huy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hui$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui
*** Sinological IPA : /hui³³/

#### Definitions

腓
* Used in transcription.
* (Protestantism) Short for 腓立比書／腓立比书 (Féilìbǐshū, “the book of Philippians”).

##### Synonyms

| Branch | Names | Abbreviations |
| Protestant | 腓立比書 | 腓 |
| Roman Catholic | 斐理伯書 | 斐 |
| Eastern Orthodox | 致斐利彼人書 | |

#### Compounds

* 丟特腓／丢特腓
* 亞勒腓／亚勒腓
* 亞腓亞／亚腓亚
* 哈腓拉
* 瑣腓／琐腓
* 腓利 (Féilì)
* 腓利門／腓利门 (Féilìmén)
* 腓利門書／腓利门书 (Féilìménshū)
* 腓力 (Féilì)
* 腓力斯
* 腓吉路
* 腓尼基 (Féiníjī)
* 腓尼基人
* 腓尼基字母 (Féiníjī zìmǔ)
* 腓理徒
* 腓立比 (Féilìbǐ)
* 腓立比書／腓立比书 (Féilìbǐshū)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* calf

#### Readings

* Go-on: び (bi)
* Kan-on: ひ (hi)
* Kun: こむら (komura, 腓)

### Pronunciation

* Kanji in this term
* 腓
* こむら Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* (Tokyo) こむら [kòmúrá] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) こむら [kóꜜmùrà] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ko̞mɯ̟ɾa̠]

### Noun

腓(こむら) • (komura)
* (anatomy) calf

#### Synonyms

* 脹脛(ふくらはぎ) (fukurahagi)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

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