| dagger; ladle; an ancient type of spoon | head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad.(匕首) | 匕 | 首 | |
| simp.#(匕首) | 匕 | 首 | |
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 匕 | 首 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 卑履切 | 書九切 |
| Baxter | pjijX | syuwX |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /piɪX/ | /ɕɨuX/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /piX/ | /ɕiuX/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pjɪX/ | /ɕiəuX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /piX/ | /ɕuwX/ |
| Li Rong | /piX/ | /ɕiuX/ |
| Wang Li | /piX/ | /ɕĭəuX/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /piX/ | /ɕi̯ə̯uX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bǐ | shǒu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bei2 | sau2 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 匕 | 匕 | 首 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bǐ | bǐ | shǒu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pjijX › | ‹ pjijX › | ‹ syuwX › |
| Old Chinese | /*pijʔ/ | /*pijʔ/ | /*l̥uʔ/ |
| English | ladle, spoon | spoon | head |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 匕 | 首 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 484 | 11671 |
| Phonetic component | 匕 | 首 |
| Rime group | 脂 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 匕 | 首 |
| Old Chinese | /*pilʔ/ | /*hljuʔ/ |
匕首
Others(very likely false):[1]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 匕 | 首 |
| ひ Hyōgai | しゅ Grade: 2 |
| goon | |
FromChinese匕首, possibly fromMiddle Chinese. Appears in texts from at least the 1300s.[1]
The Chinesedagger was sometimes used forassassination, and had aspoon-shaped blade tip designed toinflictdamage on thevictim'sneck. Hence the spelling, literally匕(bǐ,“spoon”) +首(shǒu,“neck”).
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 匕 | 首 |
| あいくち | |
| Hyōgai | Grade: 2 |
| jukujikun | |
The spelling isJukujikun (熟字訓), based on a roughly similar kind ofdagger used in China. That dagger was sometimes used forassassination, and had aspoon-shaped blade tip designed toinflictdamage on thevictim'sneck. Hence the spelling, literally匕(bǐ,“spoon”) +首(shǒu,“neck”).
| For pronunciation and definitions of匕首 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term,匕首, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
