痞

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痞 U+75DE, 痞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-75DE
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 痟 →

Translingual

Han character

痞 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大一火口 (KMFR), four-corner 00169, composition ⿸疒否)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 774, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22206
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1184, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2674, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+75DE

Chinese

trad. 痞
simp. # 痞

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (不) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
肧 *pʰlɯː, *pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː
俖 *pʰɯːʔ
娝 *prɯʔ
痞 *prɯʔ, *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ
丕 *pʰrɯ
伾 *pʰrɯ
秠 *pʰrɯ, *pʰrɯʔ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ
駓 *pʰrɯ
怌 *pʰrɯ
豾 *pʰrɯ
髬 *pʰrɯ
魾 *pʰrɯ, *brɯ
鉟 *pʰrɯ, *brɯ
嚭 *pʰrɯʔ
邳 *brɯ
岯 *brɯ
否 *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ
抔 *bɯ, *pʰlɯː
不 *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ'
紑 *pɯ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ
鴀 *pɯ, *pɯʔ
衃 *pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː
罘 *bɯ
芣 *bɯ
杯 *plɯː
盃 *plɯː
桮 *pɯː
坯 *pʰɯː
胚 *pʰɯː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *prɯʔ, *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ) : semantic 疒 + phonetic 否 (OC *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ).

Etymology 1

"Protuberance"? > "enlargement of an abdominal organ; pain due to splenomegaly" > " abdominal tumour".

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 痞 痞 痞
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 並 (3) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 脂 (17) 脂 (17) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III III III
Fanqie 方美切 符鄙切 方久切
Baxter pijX bijX pjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pˠiɪX/ /bˠiɪX/ /pɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pᵚiX/ /bᵚiX/ /piuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/piɪX/ /biɪX/ /piəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pjiX/ /bjiX/ /puwX/
Li
Rong 		/pjiX/ /bjiX/ /piuX/
Wang
Li 		/piX/ /biX/ /pĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/piX/ /bʱiX/ /pi̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bǐ bì fǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bei2 bei6 fau2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 痞 痞 痞
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 1006 1023 1031
Phonetic
component 		不 不 不
Rime
group 		之 之 之
Rime
subdivision 		0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		鄙 否 缶
Old
Chinese 		/*prɯʔ/ /*brɯʔ/ /*pɯʔ/

Definitions

痞

  1. enlargement or lump in the abdomen; in particular, splenomegaly or hepatomegaly
  2. (traditional Chinese medicine) stuffiness, fullness and discomfort in the epigastrium; dyspepsia or constipation
  3. (dialectal Mandarin) abdominal tumour
  4. (Eastern Min, Southern Min) scab; healed wound
  5. (Southern Min) scurf; flakes on the skin surface
Compounds

Etymology 2

"Bad" > "obscene; ferocious; rascal". Its use is most prominent in dialects of Hubei and Hunan, and possibly originates from the ancient dialectal pronunciation of 匪 (“bad, evil, bandit”), same as Min Nan 歹 (phái(ⁿ), “bad”).

It may be the origin of some uses of 皮 (pí), for example 調皮 (“naughty”), 賴皮 (“shameless”) and 頑皮 (“naughty”).

The Cantonese pronunciation is probably due to confusion with 踎 (mau1, “to squat”), as this word is not native to Cantonese.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • pī - "rascal";
  • pāi (歹) - "low, mean, shabby, seedy, obscene, shameful".

Definitions

痞

  1. rascal; scoundrel
  2. (dialectal) to act perversely; to behave like a hoodlum
  3. (dialectal) to act shamelessly; to violate rules
  4. (dialectal) frivolous; slippery
  5. (dialectal) obscene; indecent; vulgar
  6. (dialectal) ferocious; fierce
  7. (dialectal) bad; evil
Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

痞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): ひ (hi)
  • Kun: つかえ (tsukae)

Korean

Hanja

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

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