蹩
bié

to limp

A broken 敝 foot 足; 敝 also provides the pronunciation

Components

敝
敝 SoundMeaning component
bì worn out
足
足 Meaning component
zú foot

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbeːd
Unicodebhet

說文解字

踶也。从足敝聲。一曰跛也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)