呸

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

Translingual

Han character

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

References
  • KangXi: page 183, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3462
  • Dae Jaweon: page 402, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 599, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5478

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 呸

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : 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

Japanese

Kanji
呸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings
  • On (unclassified): ひ (hi)

Korean

Hanja

呸 • (bi) (hangeul 비, McCune–Reischauer pi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

呸 (phi, bậy, phôi)

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