癈

Translingual

Han character

癈 (radical 104 疒+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大弓人水 (KNOE), four-corner 0014₇)

1. abrogate, terminate, discard

References

• KangXi: page 780, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22520
• Dae Jaweon: page 1190, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2699, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7648

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Cantonese

Hanzi

癈 (Yale fai3)

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Japanese

Kanji

癈 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. chronic illness; becoming crippled

Readings

• On: はい (hai)
• Kun: しう (癈う, shiu), しい (shii)

Compounds

Compounds

癈疾 (はいしつ, haishitsu): a disease with no recovery, a disability; a disabled person 癈人 (はいじん, haijin): a disabled person, a cripple 癈兵 (はいへい, haihei): a crippled soldier, no longer able to fight 癈目 (しいれめ, shiireme): blind eyes 癈老 (はいろう, hairō): disability and senility

Etymology

The stem or continuative form (連用形 (ren'yōkei)) of the verb 癈う (shiu, “to lose a sense, to become numb; to lose function in a bodily organ”).

Noun

癈 (hiragana しい, romaji shii, historical hiragana しひ)

1. numbness
2. loss of sensation in general, not just the sense of touch

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Korean

Hanja

癈 (hangeul 폐, revised pye, McCune-Reischauer p'ye, Yale phyey)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

癈 (pinyin fèi (fei4), Wade-Giles fei⁴)