痺

痺

See also: 痹

痺 U+75FA, 痺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-75FA ← 痹 [U+75F9] CJK Unified Ideographs 痻 → [U+75FB]

Translingual

Han character

痺 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 大竹田十 (KHWJ), four-corner 0014₆, composition ⿸疒卑)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 776, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22280
• Dae Jaweon: page 1186, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2680, character 5
• Unihan data for U+75FA

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Chinese

trad.		痺/痹
simp.		痹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
捭	*preːʔ
牌	*breː, *breː
郫	*breː, *bre, *be
蠯	*breː, *be, *breːŋʔ
猈	*breːʔ, *breː
稗	*breːs
粺	*breːs
𥱼	*breː
豍	*peː
箄	*peː, *pe, *peʔ
錍	*pʰeː, *pe
睥	*pʰeːs
渒	*pʰeːs, *pe
鼙	*beː
鞞	*beː, *pe, *peʔ, *peːŋʔ
椑	*beː, *pe, *beɡ, *beːɡ
崥	*beː, *peʔ
髀	*beːʔ, *peʔ, *piʔ
卑	*pe
鵯	*pe, *pʰiɡ
裨	*pe, *be
痺	*pe
碑	*pre
婢	*peʔ, *beʔ
諀	*pʰeʔ
脾	*be
埤	*be
陴	*be
蜱	*be, *mbew
焷	*be
螷	*be, *breːŋʔ
庳	*beʔ
琕	*biːŋ
萆	*beɡ, *slɯʔ
綼	*biɡ, *peːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *pe) : semantic 疒 (“sickness”) + phonetic 卑 (OC *pe).

Etymology

Probably Sino-Tibetan; compare Japhug ndʑɯrpɯt (“to be numb”) (Zhang, Jacques, and Lai, 2019).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei³, bei¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bi⁴

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi³

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei³, bei¹
    • Yale: bei, bēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei³, bei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi³, béi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³³/, /pei̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pi
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pi⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pi⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì
    • Tâi-lô: pì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pix
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /pi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /piᴇ/

Rime
Character	痺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	府移切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/piɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/pjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piə̆/
Li Rong	/pie/
Wang Li	/pǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/pie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pe/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	痺
Reading #	1/1
No.	374
Phonetic component	卑
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	卑
Old Chinese	/*pe/
Notes	校作庳，大戴禮淮南子用如卑

Definitions

痺

1. paralysis; numbness
2. (Cantonese) numb; paralysed

Compounds

小兒麻痺症／小儿麻痹症 (xiǎo'érmábìzhèng) 心臟麻痺／心脏麻痹 痲痺／痳痹 肌痺／肌痹

肌肉麻痺／肌肉麻痹 腦性麻痺／脑性麻痹 震顫麻痺／震颤麻痹 風痺／风痹

麻痺／麻痹 (mábì) 麻痺不仁／麻痹不仁 麻痺大意／麻痹大意 (mábìdàyì)

References

• “痺”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

痺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: しびれる (shibireru, 痺れる)

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Korean

Hanja

痺 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

痺: Hán Nôm readings: tê[1][2][3][4][5], tí[4], tý[6][7][8]

1. paralysis; numbness

References

1. Génibrel (1898).
2. Bonet (1899).
3. Nguyễn (1974).
4. Trần (2004).
5. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
6. Thiều Chửu (1942).
7. Hồ (1976).
8. Trần (1999).