憋

憋 U+618B, 憋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-618B
← 憊
[U+618A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 憌 →
[U+618C]

Translingual

Han character

憋 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火大心 (FKP), four-corner 97330, composition ⿱敝心)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 402, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11197
  • Dae Jaweon: page 742, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2342, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+618B

Chinese
trad. 憋
simp. # 憋
alternative forms 鱉／鳖 obsolete

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／形声, OC *ped, *pʰed, *peːd) : phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed) + semantic 心 (“heart”).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • piat - literary;
  • pih/peh - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 憋 憋
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 滂 (2)
    Final (韻) 薛 (81) 薛 (81)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division (等) III III
    Fanqie 并列切 芳滅切
    Baxter pjiet phjiet
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang    		 /piᴇt̚/ /pʰiᴇt̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun    		 /piɛt̚/ /pʰiɛt̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen    		 /pjæt̚/ /pʰjæt̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank    		 /piat̚/ /pʰiat̚/
    Li
    Rong    		 /piɛt̚/ /pʰiɛt̚/
    Wang
    Li    		 /pĭɛt̚/ /pʰĭɛt̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren    		 /pi̯ɛt̚/ /pʰi̯ɛt̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex    		 bie pie
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex    		 bit3 pit3
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 憋 憋 憋
    Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
    No. 640 643 648
    Phonetic
    component    		 敝 敝 敝
    Rime
    group    		 月 月 月
    Rime
    subdivision    		 2 2 2
    Corresponding
    MC rime    		 鷩 瞥 㢼
    Old
    Chinese    		 /*ped/ /*pʰed/ /*peːd/

    Definitions

    憋

    1. to hold; to suppress inner feelings; to hold back inner feelings
      憋笑  ―  biē xiào  ―  to hold back one's laughter
      憋尿  ―  biēniào  ―  to hold in urine
      憋氣／憋气  ―  biēqì  ―  to hold one's breath
      他早就憋了一肚子的火。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
      Tā zǎojiù biē le yīdùzi de huǒ. [Pinyin]
      He had suppressed a lot of anger for a long time.
    2. to suffocate
      差點憋死／差点憋死  ―  chādiǎn biē sǐ  ―  almost suffocate to death
    3. (obsolete) impatient

    Compounds
    • 㑳憋憋／㑇憋憋
    • 刁決古憋／刁决古憋
    • 劣憋
    • 古憋
    • 憋不住
    • 憋劣
    • 憋十
    • 憋噪
    • 憋尿 (biēniào)
    • 憋屈 (biēqu)
    • 憋悶／憋闷
    • 憋憋懆懆
    • 憋憋焦焦
    • 憋懆
    • 憋拗
    • 憋支支
    • 憋死貓／憋死猫
    • 憋氣／憋气 (biēqì)
    • 憋著勁兒／憋著劲儿
    • 歪憋
    • 焦憋
    • 窩憋／窝憋
    • 胸悶憋氣／胸闷憋气
    • 脾憋

    Japanese

    Kanji
    憋

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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    Readings
    • On (unclassified): へつ (hetsu); へち (hechi)
    • Kun: せつかち (setsukachi)

    Korean

    Hanja

    憋 (eumhun 악할 별 (akhal byeol))

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    憋: Hán Nôm readings: biệt

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