痺 bì paralysis Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 卑 represents the sound. Components 疒 疒 Meaning component nè sick 卑 卑 Sound component bēi humble, inferior Character Evolution Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangpe Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang Historical images Academia Sinica