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弊

弊

Translingual

Han character

弊 (radical 55 廾+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 火大廿 (FKT), four-corner 98444, composition ⿱敝廾)

References

  • KangXi: page 354, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9644
  • Dae Jaweon: page 670, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 518, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+5F0A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 弊
alt. forms 獘

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *beds) : phonetic 敝 ‎(OC *beds, *bed) + semantic 廾.

Pronunciation

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

Definitions

弊

  1. fraud; harm; malpractice; deceit
  2. drawback; defect
  3. (Cantonese) used to indicate a realisation that something is wrong: oh no; oh crap

Compounds

  • 作弊 (zuòbì)
  • 凋弊
  • 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
  • 弊履
  • 弊帚千金
  • 弊帚自珍
  • 弊政
  • 弊案
  • 弊病 (bìbìng)
  • 弊竇／弊窦
  • 弊端 (bìduān)
  • 弊絕風清／弊绝风清
  • 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
  • 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
  • 疲弊
  • 百弊叢生／百弊丛生
  • 私弊
  • 積久弊生／积久弊生
  • 積弊／积弊
  • 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
  • 裘弊金盡／裘弊金尽
  • 補偏救弊／补偏救弊
  • 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

Kanji

弊

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. abuse

Readings

Korean

Hanja

弊 • ‎(pye) (hangeul 폐, revised pye, McCune-Reischauer p'ye, Yale phyey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

弊 (tệ, giẻ)

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