痼癖
gù​pǐ

addiction

痼 gù chronic disease

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick

sickness

固
固 Sound component
gù to become solid

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkuH[k]ˤa-schronic (of illness)
Zhengzhangkaːɡs

Sources

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

癖 pǐ craving

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 辟 represents the sound.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
辟
辟 Sound component
pì, bì law

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰeɡ
pʰeːɡ

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang