# 憋

| 憋 | U+618B, &#24971; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-618B |
| ← 憊 [U+618A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 憌 → [U+618C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

憋 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火大心 (FKP), four-corner 9733$_0$, composition ⿱敝心)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 402, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11197
* Dae Jaweon: page 742, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2342, character 3
* Unihan data for U+618B

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 蔽 | *peds |
| 鄨 | *peds, *ped |
| 鷩 | *peds, *ped |
| 彆 | *peds, *peːd |
| 潎 | *pʰeds, *pʰed |
| 斃 | *beds, *bed |
| 敝 | *beds, *bed |
| 幣 | *beds |
| 弊 | *beds |
| 鱉 | *ped |
| 虌 | *ped |
| 憋 | *ped, *pʰed, *peːd |
| 瞥 | *pʰed, *pʰeːd |
| 鐅 | *pʰed, *pʰeːd |
| 嫳 | *bed, *pʰeːd |
| 撇 | *pʰeːd |
| 撆 | *pʰeːd |
| 暼 | *pʰeːd |
| 蹩 | *beːd |
| 襒 | *beːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ped, *pʰed, *peːd) : phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed) + semantic 心 (“heart”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): biē (bie$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄝ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bit$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piat / pih / peh / peeh
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: biē
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄝ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bie
*** Wade–Giles: pieh$^1$
*** Yale: byē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bie
*** Palladius: бе (be)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bit$^3$
*** Yale: bit
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bit$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bid$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /piːt̚³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piat
*** Tâi-lô: piat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: piad
*** IPA (Xiamen): /piɛt̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛt̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pih
*** Tâi-lô: pih
*** Phofsit Daibuun: piq
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piʔ³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /piʔ⁵/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh
*** Tâi-lô: peh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: peq
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /peʔ⁵/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /peʔ³²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peeh
*** Tâi-lô: peeh
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛʔ³²/
* piat - literary;
* pih/peh - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: pjiet, phjiet
Rime :
| Character | 憋 | 憋 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 薛 (81) | 薛 (81) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 并列切 | 芳滅切 |
| Baxter | pjiet | phjiet |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /piᴇt̚/ | /pʰiᴇt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /piɛt̚/ | /pʰiɛt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pjæt̚/ | /pʰjæt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /piat̚/ | /pʰiat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /piɛt̚/ | /pʰiɛt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭɛt̚/ | /pʰĭɛt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pi̯ɛt̚/ | /pʰi̯ɛt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bie | pie |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bit$^3$ | pit$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ped/, /*pʰed/, /*peːd/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 憋 | 憋 | 憋 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 640 | 643 | 648 |
| Phonetic component | 敝 | 敝 | 敝 |
| Rime group | 月 | 月 | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鷩 | 瞥 | 㢼 |
| Old Chinese | /*ped/ | /*pʰed/ | /*peːd/ |

### Definitions

憋
* to hold; to suppress inner feelings; to hold back inner feelings
    憋笑 ― biē xiào ― to hold back one's laughter
    憋尿 ― biēniào ― to hold in urine
    憋氣／憋气 ― biēqì ― to hold one's breath
       Tā zǎojiù biē le yīdùzi de huǒ. [Pinyin]
       He had suppressed a lot of anger for a long time.
* to suffocate
    差點憋死／差点憋死 ― chādiǎn biē sǐ ― almost suffocate to death
* (obsolete) impatient

### Compounds

* 㑳憋憋／㑇憋憋
* 刁決古憋／刁决古憋
* 劣憋
* 古憋
* 憋不住
* 憋劣
* 憋十
* 憋噪
* 憋尿 (biēniào)
* 憋屈 (biēqu)
* 憋悶／憋闷
* 憋憋懆懆
* 憋憋焦焦
* 憋懆
* 憋拗
* 憋支支
* 憋死貓／憋死猫
* 憋氣／憋气 (biēqì)
* 憋著勁兒／憋著劲儿
* 歪憋
* 焦憋
* 窩憋／窝憋
* 胸悶憋氣／胸闷憋气
* 脾憋

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): へつ (hetsu)、へち (hechi)
* Kun: せつかち (setsukachi)

## Korean
### Hanja

憋 (eumhun 악할 별 (akhal byeol))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

憋: Hán Nôm readings: biệt
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