殍

Information about character(s)

Radical: 歹
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 11
Variants: 莩

Pronunciation

Pinyin: piǎo, bì
Cantonese: piu5
JapaneseKun: UEJINI
JapaneseOn: HYOU FU
Korean: PHYO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: to starve to death

CE-Dict: die of starvation

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to starve to death
2.a person who died from starvation

康熙字典文字版 【辰集下】【歹字部】殍
【廣韻】平表切【集韻】【韻會】被表切，𠀤音摽。餓死曰殍。或作𦹡，亦作𦭼。【前漢·食貨志贊】塗有餓𦭼。與殍同。　又通作莩。【孟子】野有餓莩。　又【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤芳無切，音敷。義同。【白居易·坐隅詩】俱化爲餓莩。莩作夫字押，是也。【集韻】或从耳作𦖀。　又【廣韻】符鄙切【集韻】部鄙切，𠀤音痞。義同。一曰草木枯落也。或作𣧶。　【韻會】按《說文》𠬪音皫，物落也。凡从𠬪者皆當作𠬪。从爪从又，今變爲孚，轉寫訛耳。本非孚信之孚，然今經史承訛難遽改，故韻書𠀤兩存之。

CF-Dict: mourir de faim