Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Sickness (bì) 痡 Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 774, Entry 08 Pronounced pu. Shuowen Jiezi (Analytic Dictionary of Characters): To be ill. Book of Documents (Shangshu): The poison spreads disease throughout the four seas. Commentary: Pui means to be ill. Book of Odes (Shijing): My servants are ill. Also pronounced fu. Also pronounced fu. The meaning is the same. Also pronounced bu. Pii (a type of abdominal mass or internal ailment).