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痱

fèi

Character

What 痱 means

1. prickly heat

Other readings

痱 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• fèivariant of {痱|fèi}

Words starting with 痱

• 痱子fèi zimiliaria (type of skin disease); prickly heat; sweat rash

Words containing 痱

• 风痱fēng fèi(TCM) hemiplegia due to an apoplectic stroke

Characters built on 非

These share the phonetic component 非 (fēi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 菲fēiluxuriant (plant growth); rich with fragrance; phenanthrene C14H10
• 啡fēi(used in loanwords for its phonetic value)
• 悲bēisad; sadness; sorrow
• 斐fěiphonetic fei or fi; (literary) rich with literary elegance; phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)
• 辈bèilifetime; generation; group of people
• 诽fěislander
• 匪fěibandit; (literary) not
• 腓féicalf of leg; decay; protect

Sounds the same

Read fèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 费to cost; to spend; fee
• 废to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate
• 肺lung
• 沸to boil
• 吠to bark
• 狒hamadryad baboon
• 砩dam up water with rocks
• 剕amputation of limbs as corporal punishment; variant of 腓, calf
• 镄fermium (chemistry)
• 怫anger
• 俷(literary) to violate (a moral code)
• 厞to hide; hideout