狽

See also: 狈

狽 U+72FD, 狽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72FD ← 狼 [U+72FC] CJK Unified Ideographs 狾 → [U+72FE]

Translingual

Han character

狽 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大竹月山金 (KHBUC), four-corner 4628₀, composition ⿰犭貝)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 712, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20433
• Dae Jaweon: page 1124, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1349, character 3
• Unihan data for U+72FD

Chinese

trad.		狽
simp.		狈

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (貝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
貝	*paːds
狽	*paːds
鋇	*paːds
浿	*pʰaːds, *pʰreːds
垻	*praːs
敗	*praːds, *braːds
唄	*braːds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *paːds) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 貝 (OC *paːds).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèi (bei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bui³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pōe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): buê⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèi
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴
    • Yale: bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bey
    • Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bui³
    • Yale: bui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōe
    • Tâi-lô: puē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pue²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pue³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: buê⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pue³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pajH

Rime
Character	狽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	愽蓋切
Baxter	pajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pajH/
Li Rong	/pɑiH/
Wang Li	/pɑiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bui3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*paːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	狽
Reading #	1/1
No.	416
Phonetic component	貝
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	貝
Old Chinese	/*paːds/

Definitions

狽

1. (mythology) a legendary wolf-like animal with short forelegs and long hind legs
2. distressed
3. wretched

See also

• 猈 (bà)

Compounds

• 周章狼狽 / 周章狼狈 (zhōuzhānglángbèi)
• 狼狽 / 狼狈 (lángbèi)
• 狼狽不堪 / 狼狈不堪
• 狼狽為奸 / 狼狈为奸 (lángbèiwéijiān)
• 狼狽相倚 / 狼狈相倚
• 狼狽萬狀 / 狼狈万状
• 狼狽而逃 / 狼狈而逃
• 顛狽 / 颠狈 (diānbèi)
• 首尾狼狽 / 首尾狼狈

Japanese

Kanji

狽

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: はい (hai)
• Kan-on: はい (hai)
• Kan’yō-on: ばい (bai)

Korean

Hanja

狽 • (pae) (hangeul 패, revised pae, McCune–Reischauer p'ae, Yale phay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

狽: Hán Nôm readings: bái

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