Hanja Analyzer
婢

婢 — bi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
계집종 비
Romanization
bi
English
servant girl; your servant
Mandarin
bì
Japanese on'yomi
ヒ, ビ
Japanese kun'yomi
はしため
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
女 (38, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
卑(비)
Unicode
U+5A62

How 婢 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 婢 as a ideographic compound involving 女, 卑.

Korean example words with 婢

  • 여비女婢 Korean gloss: 여자 종
  • 비부婢夫 Korean gloss: 계집종의 남편
  • 단비單婢 Korean gloss: 단 한 명의 여자 종
  • 시비侍婢 Korean gloss: 곁에서 시중을 드는 계집종
  • 비첩婢妾 Korean gloss: 여자 종으로서 첩이 된 사람
  • 관비官婢 Korean gloss: 예전에, 관가에 속하여 있던 계집종
  • 노비奴婢 Korean gloss: 사내종과 계집종을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 비복婢僕 Korean gloss: 계집종과 사내종을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 사비寺婢 Korean gloss: 예전에, 국가에서 절에 내리던 계집종
  • 반비飯婢 Korean gloss: 예전에, 밥 짓는 일을 맡아보던 계집종
  • 곡비哭婢 Korean gloss: 양반의 장례 때 주인을 대신하여 곡하던 계집종
  • 찬비饌婢 Korean gloss: 예전에, 반찬을 만드는 일을 맡아 하던 여자 하인

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 婢

  • 婢ひ female slave; female servant; housemaid
  • 下婢かひ servant girl
  • 侍婢じひ lady-in-waiting; female attendant
  • 僕婢ぼくひ male and female servants
  • 老婢ろうひ old housemaid; old female servant
  • 少婢しょうひ young female servant
  • 奴婢ぬひ slaves (lowest class in the ritsuryō system); bondservants; male and female servants
  • 私奴婢しぬひ privately owned slave
  • 官奴婢かんぬひ government-owned slave
  • 公奴婢くぬひ government-owned slave
  • 一盗二婢三妾四妓五妻いっとうにひさんしょうしぎごさい (the most thrilling relationships for a man are) another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife

Characters sharing the phonetic 卑

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “비” in Korean.

Other hanja read “비”

Other hanja with radical 女

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences