疲

疲

See also: 渡

疲 U+75B2, 疲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-75B2 ← 疱 [U+75B1] CJK Unified Ideographs 疳 → [U+75B3]

Translingual

Han character

疲 (radical 104, 疒+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大木竹水 (KDHE), four-corner 0014₇, composition ⿸疒皮)

See also

• 波

References

• KangXi: page 770, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22084
• Dae Jaweon: page 1180, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2669, character 12
• Unihan data for U+75B2

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		疲

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (皮) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
陂	*pral, *prals
詖	*pral, *prals
彼	*pralʔ
柀	*pralʔ
佊	*pralʔ, *prals
貱	*prals
跛	*prals, *paːlʔ
披	*pʰral, *pʰralʔ
鈹	*pʰral
帔	*pʰral, *pʰrals
鮍	*pʰral
耚	*pʰral
狓	*pʰral
翍	*pʰral
旇	*pʰral, *brals
秛	*pʰral, *pʰrals
紴	*pʰralʔ, *paːl
皮	*bral
疲	*bral
被	*bralʔ, *brals
髲	*brals
鞁	*brals
骳	*mbralʔ
波	*paːl
碆	*paːl, *baːl
菠	*paːl
簸	*paːlʔ, *paːls
駊	*paːlʔ, *pʰaːlʔ
頗	*pʰaːl, *pʰaːlʔ, *pʰaːls
坡	*pʰaːl
玻	*pʰaːl
破	*pʰaːls
婆	*baːl
蔢	*baːl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *bral) : semantic 疒 (“sick”) + phonetic 皮 (OC *bral) – sick and tired.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pí (pi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): phî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: pí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
    • Wade–Giles: p'ih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei⁴
    • Yale: pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phî
    • Tâi-lô: phî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /bˠiᴇ/▼

Rime
Character	疲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	符羈切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/biɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bjiə̆/
Li Rong	/bje/
Wang Li	/bǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b](r)aj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bral/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	疲
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pí
Middle Chinese	‹ bje ›
Old Chinese	/*[b](r)aj/
English	weary, exhausted
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	疲
Reading #	1/1
No.	9712
Phonetic component	皮
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	皮
Old Chinese	/*bral/

Definitions

疲

1. weary; tired; exhausted
2. ^† weak

Compounds

兵疲馬困／兵疲马困 力盡筋疲／力尽筋疲 師老兵疲／师老兵疲 彈性疲乏／弹性疲乏 形疲神困 明鏡不疲／明镜不疲 樂此不疲／乐此不疲 民窮兵疲／民穷兵疲 疲乏 (pífá) 疲乏強度／疲乏强度 疲倦 (píjuàn) 疲勞／疲劳 (píláo)

疲勞試驗／疲劳试验 疲勞轟炸／疲劳轰炸 疲勞限／疲劳限 疲勩／疲勚 疲困 (píkùn) 疲塌 疲弊 疲弱 疲憊／疲惫 (píbèi) 疲敝 疲於奔命／疲于奔命 (píyúbēnmìng) 疲暮逢君

疲癃 疲竭 疲累 (pílèi) 疲軟／疲软 (píruǎn) 疲鈍／疲钝 疲頓／疲顿 筋疲力盡／筋疲力尽 筋疲力竭 筋疲力軟／筋疲力软 精疲力盡／精疲力尽 (jīngpílìjìn) 精疲力竭 (jīngpílìjié) 金屬疲勞／金属疲劳

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Japanese

Kanji

疲

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. fatigue
2. exhaustion
3. tiredness
4. weariness

Readings

• Go-on: び (bi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
• Kun: つかれる (tsukareru, 疲れる, Jōyō)

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Korean

Hanja

疲 • (pi) (hangeul 피, revised pi, McCune–Reischauer p'i, Yale phi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

疲 (bì, mệt)

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