芾

芾 · fèi

flower; small; little; lush

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

flower; small; little; lush

Mandarin
fèi
Cantonese
fai3

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 芾 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.

On’yomi · katakana

ヒハイフツブチバチハツ

Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property

ヒ ハイ フツ ブチ バチ ハツ

Korean 한국어

Hanja readings · Hangul

비

Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.

Reading sources explained
비
KS X 1002 (1) · Personal-name Hanja (N)
Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kHangul ↗ · provisional property

비:1N

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Character readings · Quốc ngữ

nào

Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kVietnamese ↗ · provisional property

nào

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+82BE
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
7 · Unihan
Residual
4

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

7 strokes
芾
Strokes
7
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

7 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿱艹巿(GHTJKPV)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 芾

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
pjɨjH · 方味 反切 · #2279
Middle Chinese
pajH · 愽蓋 反切 · #2429
Middle Chinese
pjut · 分勿 反切 · #3339

Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.

Source row & reading categories

CSV line 13171 · pjɨjH = 止合三去微幫 · pajH = 蟹開一去泰幫 · pjut = 臻合三入文幫

Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
fèi
kCantonese
fai3
kDefinition
flower; small; little; lush
kTotalStrokes
7
kRSUnicode
140.4
kGradeLevel
4
kTGH
2013:3662

Readings across dictionaries

Hanyu Da Zidian
fèi,fú 53178.060
Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
fèi 0317.020 · fú 0336.020
Tongyong Guifan · 2013
fèi 095.140 · fú 100.040
Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
fèi粵fai3 fú粵fat1
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

Find examples using 芾 ↗

The attributed sentence collection is still small; this spelling has no retained example yet.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 芾0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 巿 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱艹巿$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

Decompose & trace ↗Browse all 4 word records ↗Explore sound families ↗Component search ↗
Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹巿$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.