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妃

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imperial concubine

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Strokes
6
Radical
女 +3
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
妃
Common rank
#2,671
Unicode
U+5983

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How 妃 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

One's own 己 woman 女

Components 女 己

Words with 妃

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WordPinyinMeaning
妃子笑 fēi zi xiào concubine's smile, a cultivar of lychee
太妃糖 tài fēi táng (loanword) toffee; taffy
贵妃醉酒 Guì fēi Zuì jiǔ The Drunken Beauty, Qing Dynasty Beijing opera
戴安娜王妃 Dài ān nà wáng fēi Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997)
妃子 fēi zi imperial concubine
后妃 hòu fēi imperial wives and concubines
王妃 wáng fēi princess (in Europe)
贵妃床 guì fēi chuáng chaise longue
杨贵妃 Yáng Guì fēi Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zo…
曹妃甸区 Cáo fēi diàn Qū Caofeidian, a district of Tangshan City 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 Shi4], Hebei
贵妃 guì fēi senior concubine; imperial consort
湘妃竹 xiāng fēi zhú same as 斑竹[ban1 zhu2], mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamb…
杨妃 Yáng Fēi see 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]
曹妃甸 Cáo fēi diàn see 曹妃甸區|曹妃甸区[Cao2 fei1 dian4 Qu1]
妃嫔 fēi pín imperial concubine
嫔妃 pín fēi imperial concubine