疲
weary
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,220 U+75B2
How 疲 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
疒 (semantic, “sickness”) + 皮 (phonetic, pí)
How to remember it
fatigued · Heisig RSH #2666
sickness + 皮 covering
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 皮
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 皮 (pí) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皮 sound component | pí | skin, hide, fur, feathers |
| 波 | bō | waves, ripples, breakers; undulations |
| 破 | pò | to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy |
| 被 | bèi | bedding; a passive particle meaning "by" |
| 坡 | pō | slope, hillside, embankment |
| 彼 | bǐ | that, those, the other |
| 玻 | bō | glass |
| 颇 | pō | rather, quite; partial, biased |
| 陂 | bēi | dam, embankment; reservoir |
| 簸 | bǒ | dustpan; to winnow, to toss |
| 跛 | bǒ | lame |
| 帔 | pèi | cape, robe, skirt |
| 铍 | pí | beryllium |
Words containing 疲
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 精疲力尽 | jīng pí lì jìn | spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent; drained; washed out |
| 慢性疲劳症候群 | màn xìng pí láo zhèng hòu qún | chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) |
| 乐此不疲 | lè cǐ bù pí | (idiom) to enjoy sth and never tire of it |
| 金属疲劳 | jīn shǔ pí láo | metal fatigue |
| 审美疲劳 | shěn měi pí láo | aesthetic fatigue |
| 疲劳症 | pí láo zhèng | fatigue |
| 疲于奔命 | pí yú bēn mìng | (idiom) terribly busy; up to one's ears in work |
| 身心俱疲 | shēn xīn jù pí | physically and emotionally exhausted |
| 筋疲力尽 | jīn pí lì jìn | body weary, strength exhausted (idiom); extremely tired; spent |
| 精疲力竭 | jīng pí lì jié | spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent; drained; washed out |
| 不知疲倦 | bù zhī pí juàn | untiring; not recognizing tiredness |
| 疲劳 | pí láo | fatigue; wearily; weariness; weary |
| 疲态 | pí tài | fatigued look; signs of weariness; (fig.) weakness (in the stock market etc) |
| 疲软 | pí ruǎn | tired and feeble |
| 疲累 | pí lèi | tired; exhausted |
| 疲弱 | pí ruò | tired; weak; exhausted |
| 疲困 | pí kùn | tired; fatigued; (economics) weak; sluggish |
| 疲惫不堪 | pí bèi bù kān | exhausted; fatigued to the extreme |
| 疲乏 | pí fá | tired; weary |
| 疲塌 | pí ta | variant of 疲沓[pi2 ta5] |