# 菲

| 菲 | U+83F2, &#33778; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83F2 |
| ← 菱 [U+83F1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 菳 → [U+83F3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

菲 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿中一卜 (TLMY), four-corner 4411$_1$, composition ⿱艹非)

#### Derived characters

* 𬄟, 㔈, 蕜

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1039, character 22
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31220
* Dae Jaweon: page 1498, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3232, character 8
* Unihan data for U+83F2

## 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 *pʰɯl, *pʰɯlʔ, *bɯls): semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 非 (OC *pɯl).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fēi (fei$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fei$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): fei$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hui
* 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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fei$^1$
*** Yale: fēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: féi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fei̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fei³³/
* 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/
* Middle Chinese: phj+j
Rime :
| Character | 菲 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 芳非切 |
| Baxter | phj+j |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰʉi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰʷɨi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰiuəi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰuj/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰiuəi/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰĭwəi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰwe̯i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fēi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fei$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯl/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 菲 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| No. | 3096 |
| Phonetic component | 非 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 霏 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰɯl/ |

#### Definitions

菲
* fragrant; luxuriant
* lush

#### Compounds

* 程菲跳
* 芳菲 (fāngfēi)
* 芬菲
* 芳菲節 / 芳菲节
* 菲菲
* 菲薇

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fěi (fei$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fei$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): 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/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fei⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: phj+jX
Rime :
| Character | 菲 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| 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 | 菲 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| No. | 3101 |
| Phonetic component | 非 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 斐 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰɯlʔ/ |

#### Definitions

菲
* Orychophragmus violaceus
* (literary) poor; humble; unworthy
* (literary) meager; scant

#### Compounds

* 卑宮菲食 / 卑宫菲食
* 妄自菲薄 (wàngzìfěibó)
* 惡衣菲食 / 恶衣菲食
* 菲人事
* 菲儀 / 菲仪
* 菲才寡學 / 菲才寡学
* 菲敬
* 菲材
* 菲禮 / 菲礼
* 菲菲
* 菲薄 (fěibó)
* 菲藝 / 菲艺
* 菲衣惡食 / 菲衣恶食
* 菲酌
* 菲食卑宮 / 菲食卑宫
* 菲食薄衣
* 葑菲
* 葑菲之采
* 貝錦萋菲 / 贝锦萋菲
* 躬自菲薄

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Fēi (Fei$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fei$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hui
* 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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fei$^1$
*** Yale: fēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: féi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fei̯⁵⁵/
* 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/

#### Definitions

菲
* Short for 菲律賓／菲律宾 (Fēilǜbīn, “the Philippines”).

#### Compounds

* 菲傭 / 菲佣 (Fēiyōng)
* 菲國 / 菲国 (Fēiguó)
* 菲幣 / 菲币 (Fēibì)
* 菲律濱 / 菲律滨 (Fēilǜbīn)
* 菲律賓 / 菲律宾 (Fēilǜbīn)
* 菲律賓話 / 菲律宾话 (Fēilǜbīnhuà)
* 菲律賓語 / 菲律宾语 (Fēilǜbīnyǔ)
* 菲航 (Fēiháng)
* 菲語 / 菲语 (Fēiyǔ)

### Etymology 4

* 菲
Borrowed from English phenanthrene.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fēi (fei$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fei$^1$
* 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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fei$^1$
*** Yale: fēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: féi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fei̯⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

菲
* (organic chemistry) phenanthrene

#### Compounds

* 菲啶 (fēidìng)

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fēi (fei$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fei$^1$
* 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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fei$^1$
*** Yale: fēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: féi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fei̯⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

菲
* Used in transcription.

#### Compounds

* 加菲貓 / 加菲猫
* 菲列牛排
* 菲林 (fēilín)
* 菲洛普環 / 菲洛普环
* 雪菲耳

### Etymology 6

* For pronunciation and definitions of 菲 – see 屝 (“straw shoes; straw sandals”). (This character is a variant form of 屝).

### References

* “菲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03512

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ひ (hi)
* Kan-on: ひ (hi)
* Kun: うすい (usui, 菲い)

## Korean
### Hanja

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

菲: Hán Nôm readings: phi
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