痹
痺bì
#3,385 most
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paralysis, numbness
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
痹 has 疒, a sick person in bed, as the meaning part, and 畀 bì supplies the sound, an exact match. Its first meaning was rheumatism. From there the sense grew to numbness and then to paralysis.
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