痞

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

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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" > "[dialectal] abdominal tumour".

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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

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.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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

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Japanese

Kanji

痞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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