弊

弊 U+5F0A, 弊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F0A ← 弉 [U+5F09] CJK Unified Ideographs 弋 → [U+5F0B]

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

	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

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

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

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	/biᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/bjæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biajH/
Li Rong	/biɛiH/
Wang Li	/bĭɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bai6

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

• 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

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: bjiejH

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*beds/

Definitions

弊

1. fraud; harm; malpractice; deceit
2. drawback; defect
3. (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

• 作弊 (zuòbì)
• 凋弊 (diāobì)
• 切中時弊／切中时弊
• 利多於弊／利多于弊
• 利弊 (lìbì)
• 利弊互見／利弊互见
• 利弊參半／利弊参半
• 利弊得失
• 宿弊
• 弊倖／弊幸
• 弊害 (bìhài)
• 弊履
• 弊帚千金
• 弊帚自珍
• 弊政 (bìzhèng)
• 弊案
• 弊病 (bìbìng)
• 弊竇／弊窦
• 弊端 (bìduān)
• 弊絕風清／弊绝风清 (bìjuéfēngqīng)
• 弊衣疏食
• 弊衣簞食／弊衣箪食
• 弊車羸馬／弊车羸马
• 弊車駑馬／弊车驽马
• 弊邦 (bìbāng)
• 徇私作弊
• 徇私舞弊
• 時弊／时弊 (shíbì)
• 杜弊
• 歲弊／岁弊
• 民力凋弊
• 流弊 (liúbì)
• 為法自弊／为法自弊
• 無私有弊／无私有弊
• 營私舞弊／营私舞弊 (yíngsīwǔbì)
• 疲弊
• 百弊叢生／百弊丛生
• 私弊 (sībì)
• 積久弊生／积久弊生
• 積弊／积弊 (jībì)
• 罷弊／罢弊
• 興利剔弊／兴利剔弊
• 興利除弊／兴利除弊
• 舌弊耳聾／舌弊耳聋
• 舞弊 (wǔbì)
• 補偏救弊／补偏救弊 (bǔpiānjiùbì)
• 裘弊金盡／裘弊金尽
• 貪汙舞弊／贪污舞弊
• 醫時救弊／医时救弊
• 金舌弊口
• 防弊除害
• 除弊
• 革弊
• 風清弊絕／风清弊绝
• 齒弊舌存／齿弊舌存

 

Japanese

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

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 弊

弊

(Jōyō kanji)

1. abuse, defect, harm
2. 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

• 弊衣(へいい) (heī)
• 弊害(へいがい) (heigai)
• 弊行(へいこう) (heikō)
• 弊紙(へいし) (heishi)
• 弊誌(へいし) (heishi)
• 弊社(へいしゃ) (heisha)
• 弊習(へいしゅう) (heishū)
• 弊所(へいしょ) (heisho)
• 弊職(へいしょく) (heishoku)
• 弊政(へいせい) (heisei)
• 弊村(へいそん) (heison)
• 弊店(へいてん) (heiten)
• 弊方(へいほう) (heihō)
• 弊履(へいり) (heiri)
• 悪弊(あくへい) (akuhei)
• 旧弊(きゅうへい) (kyūhei)
• 語弊(ごへい) (gohei)
• 宿弊(しゅくへい) (shukuhei)
• 時弊(じへい) (jihei)
• 積弊(せきへい) (sekihei)
• 通弊(つうへい) (tsūhei)
• 疲弊(ひへい) (hihei)
• 百弊(ひゃくへい) (hyakuhei)
• 病弊(びょうへい) (byōhei)
• 余弊(よへい) (yohei)

Etymology

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

Noun

弊(へい) • (hei) 

1. ill, evil, harm
2. something tired and worn

References

1. “弊”, in 漢字ぺディア‎ (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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