# 婢

| 婢 | U+5A62, &#23138; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A62 |
| ← 婡 [U+5A61] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 婣 → [U+5A63] |
| 婢 | U+FA80, &#64128; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA80 |
| ← 奔 [U+FA7F] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 嬨 → [U+FA81] |

## Translingual
### Han character

婢 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女竹田十 (VHWJ), four-corner 4644$_0$, composition ⿰女卑)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 265, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6428
* Dae Jaweon: page 532, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1059, character 14
* Unihan data for U+5A62
* Unihan data for U+FA80

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 捭 | *preːʔ |
| 牌 | *breː, *breː |
| 郫 | *breː, *bre, *be |
| 蠯 | *breː, *be, *breːŋʔ |
| 猈 | *breːʔ, *breː |
| 稗 | *breːs |
| 粺 | *breːs |
| 𥱼 | *breː |
| 豍 | *peː |
| 箄 | *peː, *pe, *peʔ |
| 錍 | *pʰeː, *pe |
| 睥 | *pʰeːs |
| 渒 | *pʰeːs, *pe |
| 鼙 | *beː |
| 鞞 | *beː, *pe, *peʔ, *peːŋʔ |
| 椑 | *beː, *pe, *beɡ, *beːɡ |
| 崥 | *beː, *peʔ |
| 髀 | *beːʔ, *peʔ, *piʔ |
| 卑 | *pe |
| 鵯 | *pe, *pʰiɡ |
| 裨 | *pe, *be |
| 痺 | *pe |
| 碑 | *pre |
| 婢 | *peʔ, *beʔ |
| 諀 | *pʰeʔ |
| 脾 | *be |
| 埤 | *be |
| 陴 | *be |
| 蜱 | *be, *mbew |
| 焷 | *be |
| 螷 | *be, *breːŋʔ |
| 庳 | *beʔ |
| 琕 | *biːŋ |
| 萆 | *beɡ, *slɯʔ |
| 綼 | *biɡ, *peːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *peʔ, *beʔ) : semantic 女 + phonetic 卑 (OC *pe). May also be considered a ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + semantic 卑 (“low, inferior”), especially in light of its etymology.

### Etymology

Endoactive of 卑 (bēi, “low, inferior”) (i.e., what is low, what is inferior). Possible allofam of 嬖 (bì, “favorite person, favorite concubine”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bì, bèi (bi$^4$, bei$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ, ㄅㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pei$^5$
* Eastern Min (BUC): bê
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pī
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bi$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bì
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bì
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^4$
*** Yale: bì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bèi
*** Wade–Giles: pei$^4$
*** Yale: bèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bey
*** Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /peɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pei$^5$
*** Yale: péih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pei$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: péi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰei̯¹³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bê
*** Sinological IPA : /pɛi²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī
*** Tâi-lô: pī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pi
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pi²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pi³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bi$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /pi³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: bjieX
Rime :
| Character | 婢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 便婢切 |
| Baxter | bjieX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /biᴇ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biɛ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bjɛ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /biə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /bie$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /bǐe$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱie̯$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bei$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]eʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*peʔ/, /*beʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 婢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bjie$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]eʔ/ |
| English | female slave or servant |
| 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 | 婢 | 婢 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 378 | 394 |
| Phonetic component | 卑 | 卑 |
| Rime group | 支 | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 𢔌 | 婢 |
| Old Chinese | /*peʔ/ | /*beʔ/ |

### Definitions

婢
* female slave
    From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5th – 3rd centuries BCE
    Wēi Wáng bórán nù yuē: ‘Chì jiē! Ér mǔ bì yě.’ [Pinyin]
    King Wei furiously responded: "To hell with you! Son of a slave-girl."
* (humble) Self-designation used by females in ancient China: your servant

#### Coordinate terms

* (slave): (male) 僕／仆 (pú)

### Compounds

* 僮婢
* 呼奴使婢
* 女婢 (nǚbì)
* 奴婢 (núbì)
* 奴脣婢舌／奴唇婢舌
* 奴顏婢睞／奴颜婢睐
* 奴顏婢膝／奴颜婢膝 (núyánbìxī)
* 婢作夫人
* 婢僕／婢仆
* 婢女 (bìnǚ)
* 婢妮
* 婢妾 (bìqiè)
* 婢子
* 婢學夫人／婢学夫人
* 婢膝奴顏／婢膝奴颜
* 媵婢
* 官婢
* 家生婢
* 灶下婢
* 爨婢 (cuànbì)
* 童婢
* 老婢
* 賤婢／贱婢
* 金奴銀婢／金奴银婢

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* maidservant
* female slave

#### Readings

* Go-on: び (bi)
* Kan-on: ひ (hi)
* Kun: はしため (hashitame, 婢)

#### Compounds

* 角(かく)婢(ひ) (kakuhi)
* 下(か)婢(ひ) (kahi)
* 官(かん)奴(ぬ)婢(ひ) (kannuhi)
* 官(かん)婢(ぴ) (kanpi)
* 公(く)奴(ぬ)婢(ひ) (kunuhi)
* 私(し)奴(ぬ)婢(ひ) (shinuhi)
* 侍(じ)婢(ひ) (jihi), 侍婢(まかたち) (makatachi)
* 賤(せん)婢(ぴ) (senpi)
* 厨(ちゅう)婢(ひ) (chūhi)
* 奴(ど)婢(ひ) (dohi), 奴(ぬ)婢(ひ) (nuhi)
* 婢(ひ)子(し) (hishi)
* 婢(ひ)妾(しょう) (hishō)
* 婢(ひ)僕(ぼく) (hiboku)
* 傅(ふ)婢(ひ) (fuhi)
* 僕(ぼく)婢(ひ) (bokuhi)
* 老(ろう)婢(ひ) (rōhi)

## Korean
### Hanja

婢 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

婢: Hán Nôm readings: tì
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