Dong Chinese dictionary

bì

worn out

Depicts a hand (攵) beating a cloth with specks of dust (㡀).

Components

㡀 Iconic component

bì

ragged clothing

Depicts a cloth (巾) with specks of dust.

攵 Iconic component

pū

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

bì

break, destroy; broken, tattered; my (polite); poor; ruined; shabby; worn out; defeated

Most common words with 敝

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	敝	poor
	凋敝	impoverished
	敝帚自珍	a sentimental attachment
	民生凋敝	the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment
	弃之如敝屣	to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Sound component in 11 characters (2 verified)

Sources