痞

痞	U+75DE, 痞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-75DE

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" > "[dialectal] abdominal tumour".

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pǐ (pi³)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei² / pei⁵ / fau²
Eastern Min (BUC): pī
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phí
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵phi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pǐ
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi³
  - Yale: pǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pii
  - Palladius: пи (pi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pei² / pei⁵ / fau²
  - Yale: péi / péih / fáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei² / pei⁵ / fau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi² / péi⁵ / feo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯³⁵/, /pʰei̯¹³/, /fɐu̯³⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: pī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phí
  - Tâi-lô: phí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵phi
  - MiniDict: phi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²phi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰi³⁴/

Middle Chinese: pijX, bijX, pjuwX

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	/pˠiɪ^X/	/bˠiɪ^X/	/pɨu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚi^X/	/bᵚi^X/	/piu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/piɪ^X/	/biɪ^X/	/piəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pji^X/	/bji^X/	/puw^X/
Li Rong	/pji^X/	/bji^X/	/piu^X/
Wang Li	/pi^X/	/bi^X/	/pĭəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi^X/	/bʱi^X/	/pi̯ə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐ	bì	fǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei²	bei⁶	fau²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*prɯʔ/, /*brɯʔ/, /*pɯʔ/

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

enlargement or lump in the abdomen; in particular, splenomegaly or hepatomegaly
(traditional Chinese medicine) stuffiness, fullness and discomfort in the epigastrium; dyspepsia or constipation
(dialectal Mandarin) abdominal tumour
(Eastern Min, Southern Min) scab; healed wound
(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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pǐ (pi³)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mau¹
Eastern Min (BUC): pī / pāi
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵phi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pǐ
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi³
  - Yale: pǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pii
  - Palladius: пи (pi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mau¹
  - Yale: māu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: meo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐu̯⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: pī / pāi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³³/, /pʰai³³/

Note:

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

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵phi
  - MiniDict: phi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²phi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰi³⁴/

Definitions

痞

rascal; scoundrel
(dialectal) to act perversely; to behave like a hoodlum
(dialectal) to act shamelessly; to violate rules
(dialectal) frivolous; slippery
(dialectal) obscene; indecent; vulgar
(dialectal) ferocious; fierce
(dialectal) bad; evil

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

痞

(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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