疲
pí HSK7

feel tired

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

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
皮
皮 Sound component
pí skin

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbje[b](r)ajweary, exhausted
Zhengzhangbral
Unicodebhyɛ

說文解字

勞也。从疒皮聲。

Sources

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