蹩

蹩 · bié

to limp

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
bié
Cantonese
bit6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

to limp

Dictionary definitions & readings

蹩 bié · to limp; to sprain (an ankle or wrist); to move carefully, as if evading a danger; to scurry

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63734.080:bié Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0073.060:bié Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
023.130:bié Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
bié粵bit6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ベツ ヘツ ベチ ふむ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
蒲結 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
FKRYO Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
9730.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1233.040 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
495.61 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0341m Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8E69
Radical
足 · 157
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6361

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
蹩
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
bet · 蒲結 · 山開四入先並 · #3486

PHONO-ML, source line 18124; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1294.501
kDaeJaweon
1705.150
kGSR
0341m
kHanYu
63734.080
kIRGDaeJaweon
1705.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63734.080
kIRGKangXi
1233.040
kKangXi
1233.040
kMatthews
5211
kMeyerWempe
2389e
kMorohashi
37846
kSBGY
495.61
kSMSZD2003Index
680.20
kCangjie
FKRYO
kFourCornerCode
9730.1
kMojiJoho
MJ025430
kPhonetic
1013
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
BGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-753F
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F144
kIRG_JSource
J1-6038
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7B89
kIRG_KSource
K2-6433
kIRG_TSource
T2-636E
kRSUnicode
157.12
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
F144
kCCCII
233A4B
kCNS1986
2-636E
kCNS1992
2-636E
kEACC
233A4B
kGB0
8531
kGB1
8531
kJis1
6424
kMainlandTelegraph
9345
kTGH
2013:6361
kTaiwanTelegraph
9275
kXerox
277:115
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+19858+157.7.12
kCantonese
bit6
kDefinition
to limp
kFanqie
蒲結
kHanyuPinyin
63734.080:bié
kJapanese
ベツ ヘツ ベチ ふむ
kJapaneseKun
HUMU
kJapaneseOn
HETSU BECHI BETSU
kKorean
PYEL
kMandarin
bié
kSMSZD2003Readings
bié粵bit6
kTGHZ2013
023.130:bié
kTang
bhet
kXHC1983
0073.060:bié

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 蹩0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
敝 above 足 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱敝足$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱敝足$(GHTJKP)

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