敝

敝 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火月人大 (FBOK), four-corner 9824₀, composition ⿰㡀攵)

• 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)

• 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

Historical forms of the character 敝
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *beds, *bed) : phonetic 巾 (OC *krɯn) + semantic 攴; then, the left component evolved into 㡀, in which the points around the cloth represent dust and/or dirt.

The glyph represents the idea of beating a cloth with a stick to clean it from the dust.

Similar but unrelated to 黹.

敝

1. (polite) my; our
   • 歡迎來到敝校／欢迎来到敝校  ―  huānyíng láidào bì xiào  ―  Welcome to our school.
2. (literary) worn-out; shabby; tattered
3. (literary) decayed; corrupted
4. ^† tired; fatigued
5. ^† to fail; to be defeated
6. ^† to break; to destroy
7. ^† Alternative form of 弊 (bì, “fault; defect; drawback”)
8. ^† Alternative form of 蔽 (bì, “to cover; to shield; to deceive”)

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: べ (be)
• Kan-on: へい (hei)
• Kun: やぶれる (yabureru)

敝 (eum 폐 (pye))

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敝: Hán Nôm readings: tệ

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