屁
fart, passing gas
Readings
On'yomi
- ヒ
Kun'yomi
- へ
Meaning
屁 centers on the bodily release of intestinal gas: a fart or passing gas.
Most common words using 屁
20 of 32- 屁へ
fart; gas; wind
- 屁理屈へりくつ
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
- 放屁へひり
farting; farter
- 放屁ほうひ
breaking wind; farting
- すかしっ屁すかしっぺ
silent fart
- イタチの最後っ屁いたちのさいごっぺ
final emergency measure; final defence when one is cornered
- マン屁マンぺ
pussy fart; queef
- 寝っ屁ねっぺ
farting while asleep
- 屁っ放りへっぴり
useless person; worthless person
- 屁っ放り虫へっぴりむし
bombardier beetle (esp. species Pheropsophus jessoensis)
- 屁でもないへでもない
of no concern; nothing; trivial; not even a fart
- 屁とも思わないへともおもわない
not give a damn; not care a bit
- 屁と火事はもとから騒ぐへとかじはもとからさわぐ
it is often the originator of problems who kicks up a fuss or complains loudest; the one who smelt it dealt it
- 屁の河童へのかっぱ
something easy to do; cinch
- 屁の突っ張りにもならないへのつっぱりにもならない
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
- 屁をこくへをこく
to fart; to break wind
- 屁をひって尻窄めへをひってしりつぼめ
there is no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted; squeezing your buttocks after you have farted
- 屁をひるへをひる
to fart; to break wind
- 屁放きへこき
farting; breaking wind
- 屁放き虫へこきむし
stinky bug (esp. the bombardier beetle); stink bug
Study
Etymology
屁 combines 尸 (body) with 比, which likely contributes the sound. The character represents a bodily function related to the lower body.
Meaning mnemonic
The 尸 enclosure suggests the body, and 比 inside can be seen as two cheeks. Picture gas escaping from between the cheeks: a fart.
Reading mnemonic
For ヒ, imagine the sound of a fart: a high-pitched 'hee' (ヒ). The 'hee' sound cues the reading ヒ.