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痹

痺
bì
noun #61,891

Meanings

  1. 1 numbness; paralysis
  2. 2 rheumatic pain (Chinese medicine)

Examples

坐太久，我的腿麻痹了。
Zuò tài jiǔ, wǒ de tuǐ mábì le.
Sitting too long made my legs go numb.
我们不能麻痹大意。
Wǒmen bùnéng mábì dàyì.
We must not relax our vigilance.

Tips

usage
Core word 麻痹 covers both literal numbness and a figurative 'letting one's guard down'. Also in 瘫痪痹症-type medical terms; in Chinese medicine 痹 names aching, stiff joints.

Components

radical
疒 nè
sickness; illness (radical)
Outer sickness radical 疒, a bed leaned against a wall — the marker for illness words. It frames 痹 as a bodily disorder (numbness, joint disease).
phonetic
畀 bì
to give; confer (archaic)
Inside the sickness frame, 畀 supplies the exact sound bì. It is an old word meaning 'to give'; here it works purely as the phonetic of 痹.

Stroke Order

痹 bì