弊

弊	U+5F0A, 弊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F0A

Translingual

Han character

弊 (Kangxi radical 55, 廾+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 火大廿 (FKT), four-corner 9844₄, composition ⿱敝廾)

Derived characters

𡃇, 𣋹, 𤾵, 𦿔

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 354, character 34
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9644
Dae Jaweon: page 670, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 518, character 17
Unihan data for U+5F0A

Chinese

trad.		弊
simp. ^#		弊
2nd round simp.		𰐉
alternative forms		獘／毙

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (敝) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
蔽	*peds
鄨	peds, ped
鷩	peds, ped
彆	peds, peːd
潎	pʰeds, pʰed
斃	beds, bed
敝	beds, bed
幣	*beds
弊	*beds
鱉	*ped
虌	*ped
憋	ped, pʰed, *peːd
瞥	pʰed, pʰeːd
鐅	pʰed, pʰeːd
嫳	bed, pʰeːd
撇	*pʰeːd
撆	*pʰeːd
暼	*pʰeːd
蹩	*beːd
襒	*beːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *beds) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed, “destroy, tatters”) + semantic 廾 (“both hands”): emphatic form of 敝 — destroying something with both hands.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bai⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pi

(Meixian, Guangdong): bi⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): bê
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pē / pī / pè

(Teochew, Peng'im): bi⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bì
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴
  - Yale: bì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
  - Palladius: би (bi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bai⁶
  - Yale: baih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pi
  - Hakka Romanization System: bi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pi⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pi⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛi²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pē
  - Tâi-lô: pē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pe
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pe⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pe²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pe³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī
  - Tâi-lô: pī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pè
  - Tâi-lô: pè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pex
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /pe²¹/

Note:

pè - vernacular (俗);
piah - unknown dialect.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: bi⁷
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pī
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi¹¹/

Middle Chinese: bjiejH

Rime
Character	弊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	毗祭切
Baxter	bjiejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/bjæi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biaj^H/
Li Rong	/biɛi^H/
Wang Li	/bĭɛi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɛi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bai⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*beds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	弊
Reading #	1/1
No.	635
Phonetic component	敝
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	獘
Old Chinese	/*beds/
Notes	下原作大，注俗作此

Definitions

弊

fraud; harm; malpractice; deceit
drawback; defect
(Cantonese) bad; awful; terrible; (of a situation) critical or disastrous
弊喇！唔記得帶銀包添。 [Cantonese, trad.]
弊喇！唔记得带银包添。 [Cantonese, simp.]
bai⁶ laa³! m⁴ gei³ dak¹ daai³ ngan⁴ baau¹ tim¹. [Jyutping]
Oh crap! I forgot to bring my purse.

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai	弊
Kyūjitai ^[1]	弊󠄁 弊+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	弊󠄃 弊+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

弊

(Jōyō kanji)

abuse, defect, harm
bad

Readings

Go-on: べ (be)
Kan-on: へい (hei, Jōyō)
Kun: ついえる (tsuieru, 弊える)、つかれる (tsukareru, 弊れる)、くるしむ (kurushimu)、やぶれる (yabureru, 弊れる)

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
弊
へい Grade: S
kan'on

Noun

弊(へい) • (hei)

ill, evil, harm
something tired and worn

References

^ “弊”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

弊 • (pye) (hangeul 폐, revised pye, McCune–Reischauer p'ye, Yale phyey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

弊: Hán Nôm readings: tệ, giẻ

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[1] “弊”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

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