砭

ancient stone acupuncture needle; to criticize; to pierce

9 strokes Dict coverage rank #3,329 U+782D

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

石 (semantic, “stone”) + 乏 (phonetic, fá)

components: 石乏

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 乏

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 乏 (fá) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
乏 sound component	fá	poor; short, lacking; tired
泛	fàn	to drift, to float; broad, vast; careless, reckless

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
痛砭时弊	tòng biān shí bì	to strongly criticize the evils of the day
砭石	biān shí	stone needle used in acupuncture
砭骨	biān gǔ	to be extremely cold or painful
砭针	biān zhēn	remonstrance; admonition
针砭	zhēn biān	to critique; to voice concerns about; ancient form of acupuncture using sharp stones as ne…
痛砭	tòng biān	to strongly criticize
攻砭	gōng biān	to perform acupuncture
砭灸术	biān jiǔ shù	acupuncture and moxibustion (Chinese medicine)
砭灸	biān jiǔ	see 砭灸術\|砭灸术[bian1 jiu3 shu4]