劈
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to hack; to chop; to split open; (of lightning) to strike
15 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,332 U+5288
How 劈 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
刀 (semantic, “knife”) + 辟 (phonetic, pì)
How to remember it
split · Heisig RSH #2557
hot sauce + dagger
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 辟
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 辟 (pì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辟 sound component | pì | law, rule; to open up, to develop |
| 壁 | bì | partition, wall; rampart |
| 避 | bì | to avoid, to turn away; to escape, to hide |
| 臂 | bì | arm |
| 璧 | bì | a jade annulus |
| 癖 | pǐ | craving, addiction; habit, hobby; indigestion |
| 僻 | pì | out-of-the-way, remote; unorthodox |
| 霹 | pī | thunderclap, crashing thunder |
| 擘 | bò | thumb; to rip, to tear; to split, to analyze |
| 譬 | pì | example; metaphor, simile |
| 噼 | pī | onomatopoetic, the sound of something cracking |
| 襞 | bì | pleat, fold, crease |
| 檗 | bò | tree |
| 嬖 | bì | a favorite, a minion; to show favor; to enjoy the favor of |
| 擗 | pǐ | to beat the breast |
| 甓 | pì | bricks, glazed tiles |
| 薜 | bì | evergreen shrub; Ligusticum |
| 鐾 | bèi | a flat iron cooking-plate for cakes |
Words containing 劈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 劈头盖脸 | pī tóu gài liǎn | lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc); showe… |
| 劈情操 | pī qíng cāo | to have a friendly chat (Shanghai) |
| 微劈恩 | wēi pī ēn | (coll.) (loanword) VPN |
| 劈头 | pī tóu | straight away; right off the bat; right on the head; right in the face |
| 劈手 | pī shǒu | with a lightning move of the hand |
| 劈面 | pī miàn | right in the face |
| 劈开 | pī kāi | to cleave; to split open; to spread open (fingers, legs) |
| 劈理 | pī lǐ | (mining) cleavage |
| 劈空扳害 | pī kōng bān hài | damaged by groundless slander (idiom) |
| 劈离 | pī lí | split |
| 劈脸 | pī liǎn | right in the face |
| 劈挂拳 | pī guà quán | Piguaquan "Chop-Hanging Fist" (Chinese Martial Art) |
| 劈裂 | pī liè | to split open; to cleave; to rend |
| 劈腿 | pǐ tuǐ | to do the splits (gymnastics); (Tw) two-timing (in romantic relationships); Taiwan pr. [pi… |
| 劈叉 | pǐ chà | the splits (move in dancing); to do the splits; Taiwan pr. [pi3 cha1] |
| 劈柴 | pī chái | to chop firewood; to split logs |
| 劈柴 | pǐ chai | chopped wood; firewood |
| 劈里啪啦 | pī li pā lā | variant of 噼里啪啦[pi1 li5 pa1 la1] |
| 劈哩啪啦 | pī li pā lā | variant of 噼里啪啦[pi1 li5 pa1 la1] |
| 劈啪 | pī pā | (onom.) for crack, slap, clap, clatter etc |