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痺 = 卑 + 疒

痺 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “paralysis”. It is built from 卑 (lowly) and 疒 (sickness radical). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2627.

Keyword
paralysis
RTK frame
2627
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヒ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しび.れる
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
palsy, паралич
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
痺 paralysis

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 卑 lowly
  2. 疒 sickness radical

How to find 痺 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “lowly” + “sickness radical”. 痺 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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