palsy, become numb, paralysed
痺 centers on a loss of sensation or control: numbness, paralysis, or palsy. The meanings describe a state where the body or a part of it becomes unresponsive.
痺 combines 疒 (sickness) with 卑, which likely contributes the sound. The character expresses illness-related numbness or paralysis.
The sickness enclosure 疒 wraps around 卑, like a creeping numbness that traps the body. Picture a sickness that makes your limbs feel low and unresponsive.
For ヒ, imagine a person with palsy trying to say 'heal' but only managing a weak 'he...' sound: he -> ヒ, as the numbness makes speech difficult.
paralysis; palsy; stupor
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb)
Bell's palsy
hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)
recurrent nerve paralysis
quadriplegia; tetraplegia
familial spastic paraplegia
paraplegia
poliomyelitis; polio; infantile paralysis
flaccid paralysis
heart failure
shaking palsy; Parkinson's disease
Psilocybe argentipes (species of psychoactive mushroom)
hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)
milk fever; parturient paresis; postparturient hypocalcemia
spastic paralysis
to go numb; to have pins and needles
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
electric ray (any ray of order Torpediniformes)