# 狽

| 狽 | U+72FD, &#29437; 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 4628$_0$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (bei$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bui$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pōe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): buê$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bèi
*** Wade–Giles: pei$^4$
*** Yale: bèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bey
*** Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /peɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bui$^3$
*** Yale: bui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bui$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /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: buê$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puĕ
*** Sinological IPA : /pue³⁵/
* 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 | /pɑi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pɑi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pɑi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /paj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pɑi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pɑi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pɑi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bui$^3$ |
* 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
* (mythology) a legendary wolf-like animal with short forelegs and long hind legs
* distressed
* 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

(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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