泌

泌 U+6CCC, 泌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CCC ← 泋 [U+6CCB] CJK Unified Ideographs 泍 → [U+6CCD]

泌 U+F968, 泌 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F968 ← 不 [U+F967] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 數 → [U+F969]

Translingual

Han character

泌 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水心竹 (EPH), four-corner 3310₀, composition ⿰氵必)

1. to seep out, excrete

Derived characters

• 𭓻

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 615, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17279
• Dae Jaweon: page 1009, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1595, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6CCC

• Unihan data for U+F968

Chinese

simp. and trad.		泌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (必) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
泌	*mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ
秘	*mpriɡs
毖	*priɡs
閟	*priɡs
柲	*priɡs, *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
鉍	*priɡs, *priɡ
邲	*priɡs, *bliɡ, *briɡ
覕	*pliŋs, *mbliːɡ
咇	*bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
苾	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
馝	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
飶	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
鴓	*mbliːɡ
鮅	*pliɡ, *bliɡ
必	*pliɡ
珌	*pliɡ
佖	*bliɡ, *briɡ
駜	*bliɡ, *briɡ
怭	*bliɡ
妼	*bliɡ
宓	*mriɡ, *mliɡ
樒	*mriɡ
密	*mriɡ
蔤	*mriɡ
滵	*mriɡ
蜜	*mliɡ
謐	*mliɡ
榓	*mliɡ
淧	*mliɡ
瑟	*smriɡ, *smriɡ
璱	*sriɡ
飋	*sriɡ
虙	*blɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 必 (OC *pliɡ).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mì (mi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mì
    • Wade–Giles: mi⁴
    • Yale: mì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bei³
    • Yale: bei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pi
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì
    • Tâi-lô: pì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 泌 (分泌)
Mandarin	Beijing	/mi⁵¹/
	Harbin	/mi⁵³/
	Tianjin	/pi⁵³/ /mi⁵³/
	Jinan	/mi²¹/
	Qingdao	/mi⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/mi²⁴/
	Xi'an	/mi²¹/
	Xining	/mji²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/mi¹³/
	Lanzhou	/mi¹³/
	Ürümqi	/mi²¹³/
	Wuhan	/mi²¹³/
	Chengdu	/mi³¹/
	Guiyang	/mi²¹/
	Kunming	/mi³¹/
	Nanjing	/pi⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/pz̩⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/miəʔ²/
	Pingyao
	Hohhot	/miəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/pi³⁵/
	Suzhou	/pi⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/pi⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/pi²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/pi³²⁴/
	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/mi²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/pʰi⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/pi⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/pit̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/pei³³/
	Nanning	/pi³³/
	Hong Kong	/pei³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/pi²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/pɛi²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/mi²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/pi²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/mit̚⁵/

Definitions

泌

1. to secrete

Compounds

• 內分泌／内分泌 (nèifēnmì)
• 內分泌腺／内分泌腺
• 分泌 (fēnmì)
• 分泌系統／分泌系统
• 外分泌腺
• 泌乳 (mìrǔ)
• 泌尿 (mìniào)
• 泌尿器 (mìniàoqì)
• 泌尿外科 (mìniào wàikē)
• 泌尿管 (mìniàoguǎn)
• 泌水孔
• 泌滲／泌渗
• 溢泌
• 腸泌素／肠泌素

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì, mì (bi⁴, mi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ, ㄇㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat⁶ / bai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴
    • Yale: bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mì
    • Wade–Giles: mi⁴
    • Yale: mì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bat⁶ / bai³
    • Yale: baht / bai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁹ / bai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed⁶ / bei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚²/, /pɐi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: bjit, pijH

Rime
Character	泌	泌
Reading #	2/3	1/3
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	毗必切	兵媚切
Baxter	bjit	pijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪt̚/	/pˠiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/bit̚/	/pᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/bjet̚/	/piɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bit̚/	/pjiH/
Li Rong	/biĕt̚/	/pjiH/
Wang Li	/bĭĕt̚/	/piH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ĕt̚/	/piH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bí	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bat6	bei3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bliɡ/, /*mpriɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	泌	泌
Reading #	3/3	1/3
No.	583	552
Phonetic component	必	必
Rime group	質	至
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	邲	祕
Old Chinese	/*bliɡ/	/*mpriɡs/

Definitions

泌

1. (obsolete) spring water

   • 泌之洋洋，可以樂飢。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     泌之洋洋，可以乐饥。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Bì zhī yángyáng, kě yǐ liáojī. [Pinyin]

     By the wimpling stream from my fountain,
     I can joy amid my hunger.

2. Used in place names.
3. a surname

Compounds

• 泌丘
• 泌水
• 泌水樂飢／泌水乐饥
• 泌陽／泌阳 (Bìyáng, “Biyang”)

 

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì, mì (bi⁴, mi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ, ㄇㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴
    • Yale: bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mì
    • Wade–Giles: mi⁴
    • Yale: mì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bat¹
    • Yale: bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pit

Rime
Character	泌
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	質 (49)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	鄙密切
Baxter	pit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/piet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjit̚/
Li Rong	/pjĕt̚/
Wang Li	/pĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bat1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*priɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	泌
Reading #	2/3
No.	572
Phonetic component	必
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	筆
Old Chinese	/*priɡ/

Definitions

泌

1. Used in 泌瀄／泌𰛤.

Japanese

Kanji

泌

(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)、ひち (hichi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)、ひつ (hitsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: にじむ (nijimu, 泌む)、ながれる (nagareru)

Korean

Hanja

泌 (eumhun 샘물 졸졸 흐를 비 (saemmul joljol heureul bi))

1. hanja form^? of 비 (“seeping out, excretion”)

Compounds

• 분비물 (分泌物, bunbimul, “secretion”)
• 비뇨기과 (泌尿器科, binyogigwa, “urology”)

Vietnamese

Han character

泌: Hán Nôm readings: tiết, tất

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