呸

呸 U+5478, 呸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5478
← 呷
[U+5477]
CJK Unified Ideographs 呹 →
[U+5479]

Translingual

Han character

呸 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口一火一 (RMFM), four-corner 61019, composition ⿰口丕)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 183, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3462
  • Dae Jaweon: page 402, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 599, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5478

Chinese

trad. 呸
simp. # 呸

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 口 + phonetic 丕.

Pronunciation


Definitions

呸

  1. (strong, offensive) bah!; ugh!
    呸!我才不在乎你生不生氣呢。 [MSC, trad.]
    呸!我才不在乎你生不生气呢。 [MSC, simp.]
    Pēi! Wǒ cái bù zàihu nǐ shēng bù shēngqì ne. [Pinyin]
    Bah! I don't care if you're angry.
Usage notes
  • The Chinese usage carries a generally stronger offensive or antagonistic connotation than the corresponding interjection bah or similar in English.
Compounds
  • 呸呸
  • 呸搶/呸抢

Pronunciation


Definitions

呸

  1. (Southern Min) to spit
Synonyms
Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

呸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): ひ (hi)

Korean

Hanja

呸 (eum 비 (bi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

呸: Hán Nôm readings: phi, bậy, phôi

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