妣

Information about character(s)

Radical: 女
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 7

Pronunciation

Pinyin: bǐ
Cantonese: bei2
JapaneseKun: NAKIHAHA
JapaneseOn: HI
Korean: PI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: one's deceased mother

CE-Dict: deceased mother

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Formal] one's deceased mother

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《女部》妣殁母也。从女比聲。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集下】【女字部】妣
【廣韻】𤰞履切【集韻】【韻會】補履切，𠀤音比。【爾雅·釋親】父爲考，母爲妣。【鄭註】妣之爲言媲也，媲于考也。【說文】歿母也。【禮·曲禮】生曰父母，死曰考妣。【儀禮·配食】妣配考同位，不別設位也。○按謝氏曰：易曰有子考无咎，書言事厥考之類。蓋考、妣，古者通稱，皆非死而後稱也。　又【集韻】必至切，音庇。母名。
考證：〔【爾雅·釋親】父曰考，母曰妣。〕　謹照原文兩曰字𠀤改爲字。

CF-Dict: mère défunte

Han-De-Dict: verstorbene Mutter (u.E.)