Hanja Analyzer
屁

屁 — bi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
방귀 비
Romanization
bi
English
break wind; fart; buttocks
Mandarin
pì
Japanese on'yomi
ヒ
Japanese kun'yomi
へ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
7
Radical
尸 (44, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
比(비)
Unicode
U+5C41

Parts that make up 屁

  • 尸 주검 시 구부린 몸몸과 몸으로 하는 일, 집
  • 比 견줄 비sound 나란히 선 사람 둘견주고 나란한 것. ‘비’ 계열의 소리

How 屁 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 屁 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 尸, 比.

Japanese words with 屁

  • 屁へ fart; gas; wind
  • 放屁ほうひ breaking wind; farting
  • 曲屁きょくべ musical farting; making various amusing farting sounds
  • 屁理屈へりくつ sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument
  • 屁放きへこき farting; breaking wind
  • 寝っ屁ねっぺ farting while asleep
  • 放屁虫へひりむし bombardier beetle (esp. species Pheropsophus jessoensis); stink bug
  • 最後屁さいごべ stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel; final desperate tactic
  • 屁糞葛へくそかずら skunkvine (Paederia foetida); stinkvine; Chinese fever vine
  • 屁放男へっぴりおとこ farting jester (Edo period); flatulist
  • マン屁マンぺ pussy fart; queef
  • 握り屁にぎりぺ farting into one's hand; cupping a fart

Characters sharing the phonetic 比

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “비” in Korean.

Other hanja read “비”

Other hanja with radical 尸

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