# 斐

| 斐 | U+6590, &#26000; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6590 |
| ← 斏 [U+658F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 斑 → [U+6591] |

## Translingual
### Han character

斐 (Kangxi radical 67, 文+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中卜卜大 (LYYK), four-corner 1140$_0$, composition ⿱非文)
* graceful, elegant, beautiful

#### Derived characters

* 𢵪, 𪷕, 𩦎, 𦻔, 𩇿

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 477, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13469
* Dae Jaweon: page 835, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2170, character 16
* Unihan data for U+6590

## 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 |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fěi (fei$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fei$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fěi
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fěi
*** Wade–Giles: fei$^3$
*** Yale: fěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feei
*** Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /feɪ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fei$^2$
*** Yale: féi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fei$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: féi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fei̯³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: phj+jX
Rime :
| Character | 斐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 敷尾切 |
| Baxter | phj+jX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰʉi$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰʷɨi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰiuəi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰuj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰiuəi$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰĭwəi$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰwe̯i$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fěi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fei$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯlʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 斐 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 3100 |
| Phonetic component | 非 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 斐 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰɯlʔ/ |

#### Definitions

斐
* (literary) brilliant; magnificent
* Used in transcription.
* (Taiwan, dated) South Africa
    See also: 斐京

#### Compounds

* 成績斐然 / 成绩斐然
* 斐亹
* 斐斐
* 斐斖
* 斐濟 / 斐济 (Fěijì)
* 斐濟人 / 斐济人
* 斐然 (fěirán)
* 斐然向風 / 斐然向风
* 斐然成章
* 績效斐然 / 绩效斐然
* 萋斐
* 萋斐貝錦 / 萋斐贝锦

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fēi, fěi (fei$^1$, fei$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ, ㄈㄟˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fēi
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fei
*** Wade–Giles: fei$^1$
*** Yale: fēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fei
*** Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /feɪ̯⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fěi
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fěi
*** Wade–Giles: fei$^3$
*** Yale: fěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feei
*** Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /feɪ̯²¹⁴/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pɯl/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 斐 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 3080 |
| Phonetic component | 非 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 猆 |
| Old Chinese | /*pɯl/ |

#### Definitions

斐
* a surname

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 斐 |
| Kyūjitai | 斐󠄁 斐+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 斐󠄄 斐+&#xE0104; (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* brilliant; magnificent

#### Readings

* Go-on: ひ (hi)
* Kan-on: ひ (hi)
* Kun: あきらか (akiraka)、あや (aya, 斐)、うつくしい (utsukushī)、なびく (nabiku)
* Nanori: あきら (akira)、あやる (ayaru)、い (i)、なが (naga)、よし (yoshi)

#### Compounds

* 斐(ひ)韡(い) (hī)
* 斐(ひ)紙(し) (hishi)
* 斐(ひ)爾(じ) (hiji)
* 斐(ひ)什(じゅう) (hijū)
* 斐(ひ)如(じょ) (hijo)
* 斐(ひ)成(せい) (hisei)
* 斐(ひ)然(ぜん) (hizen)
* 斐(ひ)斐(ひ) (hihi)
* 斐(ひ)尾(び) (hibi)
* 斐(ひ)美(び) (hibi)
* 斐(ひ)亹(び) (hibi)
* 斐(ひ)文(ぶん) (hibun)
* 斐(ひ)炳(へい) (hihei)
* 甲(か)斐(い) (Kai)
* 狂斐
* 衰斐
* 萋(せい)斐(ひ) (seihi)
* 紛斐
* 有斐

### References

* ↑ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “斐”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎ (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1027 (paper), page 564 (digital)
* ↑ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 624 (paper), page 325 (digital)

## Korean
### Hanja

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

斐: Hán Nôm readings: phỉ
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