bì
paralysis
Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 畀 represents the sound. Simplified form of 痺.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 痹
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
paralysis | ||
paralysis | ||
poliomyelitis | ||
unwary | ||
polio (poliomyelitis) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.0343% of movies
2981st most common character in movies
3391st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+75F9 |
Shuowen | “痹,溼病也。从疒,畀聲。” |
Sources
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