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Kotomora

痺

palsy, become numb, paralysed

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Readings

On'yomi

  • ヒ

Kun'yomi

  • しび.れる

Meaning

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.

Most common words using 痺

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  • 麻痺まひ
    N1

    paralysis; palsy; stupor

  • 痺れしびれ
    N3

    numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles

  • 痺れるしびれる
    N3

    to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb)

  • ベル麻痺ベルまひ

    Bell's palsy

  • 半身麻痺はんしんまひ

    hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)

  • 反回神経麻痺はんかいしんけいまひ

    recurrent nerve paralysis

  • 四肢麻痺ししまひ

    quadriplegia; tetraplegia

  • 家族性痙性対麻痺かぞくせいけいせいたいまひ

    familial spastic paraplegia

  • 対麻痺ついまひ

    paraplegia

  • 小児麻痺しょうにまひ

    poliomyelitis; polio; infantile paralysis

  • 弛緩性麻痺しかんせいまひ

    flaccid paralysis

  • 心臓麻痺しんぞうまひ

    heart failure

  • 振顫麻痺しんせんまひ

    shaking palsy; Parkinson's disease

  • 日陰痺茸ひかげしびれたけ

    Psilocybe argentipes (species of psychoactive mushroom)

  • 片麻痺かたまひ

    hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)

  • 産褥麻痺さんじょくまひ

    milk fever; parturient paresis; postparturient hypocalcemia

  • 痙性麻痺けいせいまひ

    spastic paralysis

  • 痺れが切れるしびれがきれる

    to go numb; to have pins and needles

  • 痺れを切らすしびれをきらす

    to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient

  • 痺れエイしびれエイ

    electric ray (any ray of order Torpediniformes)

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Etymology

痺 combines 疒 (sickness) with 卑, which likely contributes the sound. The character expresses illness-related numbness or paralysis.

Meaning mnemonic

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.

Reading mnemonic

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.