漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
疲: exhausted, tire
Also: weary
JLPT N310 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
疒 carries the meaning · 皮 gives the sound
10 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ヒhi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 疲労するひろうするbe exhausted
- 疲労ひろう
- 疲弊ひへいexhaustion; fatigue
つかれるtsukareru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 疲れるつかれるget tired
- 疲れ果てるつかれはてるget tired out
- 疲れつかれtiredness; fatigue
- お疲れ様おつかれさまthank you (for your hard work); good work
-づかれ-zukare · kun'yomi
- 気疲れするきづかれするget mentally tired
Also read つからす, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)疒 sick (meaning) + 皮 (sound)
Sick and tired.
Source: Wiktionary, 疲 (rev. 93444114), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Sickness (疒) + skin/pelt. Imagine your "skin" feeling heavy like it's a "sickness"—the deep "fatigue" that follows hard work or illness.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side疲 exhausted · 疒
vs被 incur · 衤In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · pí
Same form: 疲 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 疲 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 疲 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin pí most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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