Additional information about 悴
說文解字: 【悴】，憂也。从心、卒聲。讀與《易》萃卦同。 【秦醉切】
- Criteria
- TIRED
1. The general purpose word for communal exhaustion is pì 罷 (ant. zhuàng 壯 "in strong shape"); the general word for the state of exhaustion of an individual is juàn 倦. 不倦 refers to tireless activity, 不饜 refers to tireless receptivity. See DISSATISFIED.
2. Pí 疲 and bèi 憊 typically refer to a relatively mild state of exhaustion.
3. Bì 弊 refers to a desperate state of exhaustion.
4. Láo 勞 refers to the state of exhaustion after extended lasting effort.
5. Dān 殫 refers not so much to the subjective feeling of exhaustion as to the objective inability to continue an activity for lack of further energy.
6. Qú 劬, a very poetic word, and the less poetic qín 勤, focus on the effort that brings about tiredness.
7. Cuì 瘁 is a poetic word referring to weariness.
8. Qiáo cuì 憔悴 refers to a weariness born of exhaustion.
9. Láo 老 refers specifically to exhaustion of soldiers.
10. Yàn 厭 refers specifically to being tired of, and thus fed up with something.