Depicts a hand (攵) beating a cloth with specks of dust (㡀).
Components
㡀 Iconic component
bì ragged clothing
ragged clothing, ragged
Depicts a cloth (巾) with specks of dust.
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Historical Evolution
敝
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
敝
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
敝
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
敝
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
敝
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
敝
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
敝
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
敝
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
敝
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
敝
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
敝
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
敝
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
敝 [bì]
my (polite); poor; ruined; shabby; worn out; defeated
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
敝 たかし
Takashi unclassified name
敝 てるお
Teruo unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (15)
凋敝 [diāobì] #50,025
impoverished
敝帚自珍 [bìzhǒuzìzhēn] #61,097
to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own
民生凋敝 [mínshēngdiāobì] #62,964
the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment
弃之如敝屣 [qìzhīrúbìxǐ] #67,849
to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)
弃之如敝屣 [qìzhīrúbìxǐ] #67,849
to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)
弃若敝屣 [qìruòbìxǐ] #68,142
to throw away like worn out shoes
弃若敝屣 [qìruòbìxǐ] #68,142
to throw away like worn out shoes
破敝 [pòbì] #72,122
shabby
敝屣 [bìxǐ]
worn-out shoes
敝屣尊荣 [bìxǐzūnróng]
to care nothing for worldly fame and glory (idiom)
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JAPANESE WORDS (1)