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Modern (Beijing) reading: pí
Preclassic Old Chinese: bhe
Classic Old Chinese: bhe
Western Han Chinese: bhe
Eastern Han Chinese: bhje
Early Postclassic Chinese: bhje
Middle Postclassic Chinese: bhje
Late Postclassic Chinese: bhje
Middle Chinese: be
English meaning : tripe (as food), spleen
Russian meaning[s]: анат. селезенка
Comments: For *bh cf. Chaozhou phi2, Longdu phuai2.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 130
Four-angle index: 2286
Karlgren code: 0874 h
Vietnamese reading: tỳ
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phe
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: spleen
Chinese: *bhe spleen.
Kachin: khum-pai3 the spleen.
Kiranti: *bhǝ̀-lV ?
Comments: Thankur -pǝy liver; Kham phìs spleen; Sulung *phi-n 'liver', Konyak *phVi 'meat'.
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *bhǝ̀-lV (/ *lǝ̀-bhV)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: spleen; force
Tulung: el\, al\ spleen
Kaling: bhöl force
Limbu: lep force
Kulung: pel 'spleen'
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Entry: pel
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: spleen
Nepali: phiyo.
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Number: 1504
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 止開三平支並
ZIHUI: 5196 0553
Beijing: phi 12
Jinan: phi 12
Xi'an: phi 12
Taiyuan: phi 1
Hankou: phi 12
Chengdu: phi 12
Yangzhou: phi 12
Suzhou: bi 12
Wenzhou: bei 12
Changsha: pi 12
Shuangfeng: bi 12
Nanchang: phi 12
Meixian: phi 12
Guangzhou: phei 12
Xiamen: pi 12
Chaozhou: phi 12
Fuzhou: pi 12
Shanghai: pi 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: phi 12
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *[b]VjV
Meaning: an internal organ
Sino-Tibetan: *phe
Yenisseian: *b[a]jbVl
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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *b[a]jbVl
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: kidney
Ket: bajbuĺ5, pl. bajbuĺǝŋ6
Yug: bajbɨl, pl. bajbɨlɨŋ6
Kottish: koipala, g. koipalei, pl. koipatn
Comments: ССЕ 206. Kottish has a regular dissimilation < *poipala (see КС 171). The stem is most probably an old compound; perhaps *b[a]jbVl < *b[a]j-pɨʔɨĺ, see *pɨʔɨĺ 'intestines'. Werner's (1, 98) analysis of -bul as būĺ 'foot' seems utterly incredible.
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