妃

Information about character(s)

Radical: 女
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 3
Total Strokes: 6

Pronunciation

Pinyin: fēi, pèi
Cantonese: fei1
JapaneseKun: KISAKI
JapaneseOn: HI HAI
Korean: PI PAY
Vietnamese: phi

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: wife, spouse; imperial concubine

CE-Dict: imperial concubine

Soothill: An imperial concubine; as implying production, or giving birth, it is used by the esoteric cult for samaya and dhāraṇī (धारणी).

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.the concubine of a king or an emperor
2.the wife or spouse of a crown prince

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: the wife of a prince

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: the wife of a prince

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《女部》妃匹也。从女己聲。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集下】【女字部】妃
【廣韻】芳非切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】芳微切，𠀤音霏。【說文】匹也。【總要】女與已身儔也。古𡣕御之貴，次于后者曰妃。【禮·檀弓】舜葬於蒼梧之野，蓋三妃未之從也。　又太子之嫡室亦曰妃。　又天妃，水神。【司馬光曰】水隂類，其神當爲女子。　又湘妃，竹名。其斑如淚痕，出古辢者佳，出陶虛山中次之。見【竹譜】。　又【集韻】盈之切，音怡。與姬同。衆妾總稱。　又【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤滂佩切，音配。【禮·曲禮】天子之妃曰后。【註】妃，配也。【衛風·氓詩序】喪其妃耦。【前漢·呂后紀】高祖微時妃。𠀤與配同。　或作𡝞。別作婜。　又與婓通。詳婓字註。

Ding Fubao - Dictionary for Buddhist Studies (丁福保:佛學大辭典) （術語）梵語曰羅逝Ba%jn^i^，以妃有能生之德，故密教假之為三昧之異名，又為陀羅尼之別目，生長三昧及陀羅尼之一切功德如女姓之能生男女，使種胤不斷絕也。大日經九曰：“妃是三昧義，所謂大悲胎藏三昧也。”同十二曰：“妃者，如世女人能生男女，令種胤不絕。此明（指陀羅尼）能生一切如來所有功德故，義雲妃也。”【參見: 明妃】

Buddhism words and phrases (term) Queen or princess (rājñī)

CF-Dict: concubine impériale/princesse

Han-De-Dict: (königl. od. kaiserl.) Konkubine (u.E.) (S)/Ehefrau (eines Fürsten oder Prinzen) (u.E.) (S)