Mnemonic
An illness has left you feeling utterly lowly—collapsed on the ground, too weak to rise. As you lie there, a deep numbness creeps through every limb. The more lowly you feel, the more the illness steals all sensation, leaving you paralyzed and numb.
Additional thoughts
Picture yourself sick and brought low, sprawled on a cold stone floor. The illness drains every nerve until you can't feel anything at all. Lowly position plus illness equals total numbness.Quick recall
An illness leaves you lowly on the ground, drained of all sensation—pure numbness.Details
The keyword for 痺 is numbness. This kanji refers to the sensation of numbness, tingling, or loss of feeling in a part of the body, such as when a limb "falls asleep" due to restricted blood flow or nerve compression. It can also describe a state of paralysis or deadened sensation more broadly, and is commonly used in medical and everyday contexts to express the physical experience of pins and needles or lack of sensation.
- On'yomi
- ひ
- Kun'yomi
- しび.れる