# 俳

| 俳 | U+4FF3, &#20467; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FF3 |
| ← 俲 [U+4FF2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 俴 → [U+4FF4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

俳 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人中一卜 (OLMY), four-corner 2121$_1$, composition ⿰亻非)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 106, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 726
* Dae Jaweon: page 226, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 174, character 3
* Unihan data for U+4FF3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 俳
* Small seal scripts05853
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | 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 *brɯːl) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 非 (OC *pɯl).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pái (pai$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): paai$^4$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bai$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pai / pâi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pái
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pái
*** Wade–Giles: pʻai$^2$
*** Yale: pái
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pair
*** Palladius: пай (paj)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: paai$^4$
*** Yale: pàaih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: paai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaːi̯²¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bai$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pai¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pai
*** Tâi-lô: pai
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pay
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pai⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâi
*** Tâi-lô: pâi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: paai
*** IPA (Taipei): /pai²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pai²³/
* Middle Chinese: beaj
Rime :
| Character | 俳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 皆 (33) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 步皆切 |
| Baxter | beaj |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bˠɛi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bᵚæi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bɐi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bəɨj/ |
| Li Rong | /bɛi/ |
| Wang Li | /bɐi/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱăi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pái |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | paai$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*brɯːl/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 俳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3065 |
| Phonetic component | 非 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 排 |
| Old Chinese | /*brɯːl/ |

#### Definitions

俳
* actor
* vaudeville show
* (literary) humorous; funny

#### Compounds

* 俳倡
* 俳優／俳优 (páiyōu)
* 俳優體／俳优体
* 俳句 (páijù)
* 俳笑
* 俳諧／俳谐 (páixié)
* 俳謔／俳谑
* 俳賦／俳赋
* 俳體／俳体
* 囂俳／嚣俳 (hiau-pai) (Min Nan)
* 詼俳／诙俳

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pái (pai$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pái
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pái
*** Wade–Giles: pʻai$^2$
*** Yale: pái
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pair
*** Palladius: пай (paj)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaɪ̯³⁵/

#### Definitions

俳
* Only used in 俳佪.

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “俳”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 170.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
* actor
* haiku

#### Readings

* Go-on: べ (be)
* Kan-on: はい (hai, Jōyō)
* Kun: わざおぎ (wazaogi, 俳)

## Korean
### Hanja

俳 • (bae) (hangeul 배, revised bae, McCune–Reischauer pae)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

俳: Hán Việt readings: bài
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### References

* ↑ Hồ (1976).