疕

疕 U+7595, 疕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7595 ← 疔 [U+7594] CJK Unified Ideographs 疖 → [U+7596]

Translingual

Han character

疕 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+2, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大心 (KP), four-corner 0011₁, composition ⿸疒匕)

1. head sores

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 769, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22023
• Dae Jaweon: page 1179, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2659, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7595

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 疕
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
匕	*pilʔ
庀	*pʰelʔ
疕	*pʰelʔ, *pilʔ, *pʰrilʔ
朼	*pilʔ
牝	*bilʔ, *binʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰelʔ, *pilʔ, *pʰrilʔ): semantic 疒 (“illness”) + phonetic 匕 (OC *pilʔ)

Etymology 1

trad.		疕
simp. #		疕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐ (bi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei² / bei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pi³
    • Yale: bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pei² / bei²
    • Yale: péi / béi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei² / bei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi² / béi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯³⁵/, /pei̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: phjieX, pjijX, phijX

Rime
Character	疕	疕	疕
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	幫 (1)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	脂 (15)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	匹婢切	卑履切	匹鄙切
Baxter	phjieX	pjijX	phijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiᴇX/	/piɪX/	/pʰˠiɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛX/	/piX/	/pʰᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjɛX/	/pjɪX/	/pʰiɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiə̆X/	/piX/	/pʰjiX/
Li Rong	/pʰieX/	/piX/	/pʰjiX/
Wang Li	/pʰǐeX/	/piX/	/pʰiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰie̯X/	/piX/	/pʰiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pǐ	bǐ	pǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei2	bei2	pei2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰelʔ/, /*pilʔ/, /*pʰrilʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	疕	疕	疕
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	486	488	491
Phonetic component	匕	匕	匕
Rime group	支	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	0	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	諀	匕	嚭
Old Chinese	/*pʰelʔ/	/*pilʔ/	/*pʰrilʔ/

Definitions

疕

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) head sores
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) headache
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) hard lump or scab that forms when a wound heals

Compounds

• 疕風 / 疕风
• 白疕

Etymology 2

trad.		疕
simp. #		疕
alternative forms		庀 (“rice crust; small; epidermis debris”)

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phí / phih

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phí
    • Tâi-lô: phí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /pʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phih
    • Tâi-lô: phih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiʔ⁵/

Note: phih - used in 一疕仔, 疕仔漢, 一疕仔漢, and 這疕仔.

Definitions

疕

1. (Hokkien) scab (of a wound or sore)

   堅疕／坚疕 [Hokkien]  ―  kian-phí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to form a scab

2. (Hokkien) rice crust or resembling such

   鼎疕 [Hokkien]  ―  tiáⁿ-phí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  rice crust

3. (Hokkien, possibly derogatory) small; a bit

   一疕仔 [Hokkien]  ―  chi̍t-phí-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  a little bit

   囡仔疕 [Hokkien]  ―  gín-á-phí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  (derogatory) child

4. (Mainland China Hokkien) epidermis debris

   頭疕／头疕 [Hokkien]  ―  thâu-phí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  dandruff

Compounds

• 一疕仔
• 一疕仔漢 / 一疕仔汉
• 囡仔疕
• 堅疕 / 坚疕
• 疕仔漢 / 疕仔汉
• 臭焦疕
• 虔疕
• 這疕仔 / 这疕仔
• 遛疕仔
• 頭疕 / 头疕
• 飯疕 / 饭疕
• 飯疕仔 / 饭疕仔
• 鼎疕

References

• “疕”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji

疕

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi)
• Kun: できもの (dekimono)