敝
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Translingual
Han character
敝 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火月人大 (FBOK), four-corner 98240, composition ⿰㡀攵)
Derived terms
- 𠍯, 𰈡, 𡡹, 徶, 𢠳, 撇, 潎, 獙, 𣊶, 𣘮, 𤏰, 𥋗, 𥢭, 襒, 𦒐, 𧒀, 䠥, 䥕(𬭯), 𩡡, 蔽, 𥳆, 𤺓
- 𠟈, 𠢪, 𡐞, 𡚁, 嫳, 幣, 弊, 彆, 憋, 撆, 𣁢, 暼, 𭬅, 𣰉, 𤎨, 獘, 𦠞, 𠒳, 𤮕, 瞥, 䌘, 𦗥, 蟞, 𧝬, 𣱔, 斃, 𧢍(𬢓), 𧸁, 蹩, 鄨, 鐅, 䨆, 𮦮, 𩦉, 鱉(鳖), 鷩(𫜁), 鼈(𱌇), 𣀽, 龞(𱍈)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 472, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13245
- Dae Jaweon: page 824, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1461, character 4
- Unihan data for U+655D
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
敝 | |
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| alternative forms | 㡀 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 敝 | ||
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| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *beds, *bed) : phonetic 㡀 () + semantic 攴.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bì
- Wade–Giles: pi4
- Yale: bì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
- Palladius: би (bi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: bai6
- Yale: baih
- Cantonese Pinyin: bai6
- Guangdong Romanization: bei6
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | 敝 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /pi⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /pi⁵³/ | |
| Tianjin | /pi⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /pi²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /pi⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /pi³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /pi⁴⁴/ | |
| Xining | /pji²¹³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /pi¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /pi¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /pi²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /pi³⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /pi¹³/ | |
| Guiyang | /pi⁴²/ | |
| Kunming | /pi²¹²/ | |
| Nanjing | /pi⁴⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /pz̩⁵³/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /pi⁴⁵/ |
| Pingyao | ||
| Hohhot | /pi⁵⁵/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /bi²³/ |
| Suzhou | /bi³¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /bi¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /bei²²/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /pi³²⁴/ |
| Tunxi | ||
| Xiang | Changsha | /pei⁵⁵/ |
| Xiangtan | /pəi⁵⁵/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /pʰi²¹/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /pi⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | /pi⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /pɐi²²/ |
| Nanning | /pi²²/ | |
| Hong Kong | /pɐi²²/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /pe²²/ /pe²¹/ 俗 |
| Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /pɛi²⁴²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /pi⁴⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Teochew) | /pi³⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Hainanese) | /ʔbi³³/ |
- Middle Chinese: bjiejH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*e-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*beds/, /*bed/
Definitions
敝
- (polite) my; our
- (literary) worn-out; shabby; tattered
- (literary) decayed; corrupted
- † tired; fatigued
- † to fail; to be defeated
- † to break; to destroy
- † Alternative form of 弊 (bì, “fault; defect; drawback”)
- † Alternative form of 蔽 (bì, “to cover; to shield; to deceive”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
敝 (eum 폐 (pye))
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Vietnamese
Han character
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