fēi

wife

Depicts a woman () and a man () together.

Components
女 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

woman

卩 iconic component

  Iconic component

jié

  

person kneeling

Evolution

妃 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
妃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
妃 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
妃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

fēi

wife, spouse; imperial concubine

Most common words with 妃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

imperial concubine

王妃

princess (in Europe)

贵妃

senior concubine

妃子

imperial concubine

杨贵妃

Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环[Yáng​Yù​huán] or Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Táng​Xuán​zōng], blamed for extravagance and killed as a scapegoat during the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An​Shǐ​zhī​Luàn]

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pʰ[ə][j]

phj+j

fēi

consort; match


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.2814% of movies

2831st most common character in movies

2574th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+5983

Shuowen

“妃,匹也。从女,己聲。”


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