披
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to drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll; to split open; to spread out
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,897 U+62AB
How 披 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To put on 扌 fur 皮; 皮 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
drape over the shoulders · Heisig RSH #1961
fingers + 皮 covering
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 披
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 披头四乐团 | Pī tóu sì Yuè tuán | the Beatles |
| 披头散发 | pī tóu sàn fà | with dishevelled hair (idiom); with one's hair down |
| 披星带月 | pī xīng dài yuè | variant of 披星戴月[pi1 xing1 dai4 yue4] |
| 披头士 | Pī tóu shì | the Beatles (music band) |
| 戴月披星 | dài yuè pī xīng | see 披星戴月[pi1 xing1 dai4 yue4] |
| 披星戴月 | pī xīng dài yuè | to travel or work through night and day; to toil away for long hours |
| 身披羽毛 | shēn pī yǔ máo | feathered |
| 披风 | pī fēng | cloak; cape |
| 披红 | pī hóng | to drape sb in red silk as a sign of honor |
| 披麻带孝 | pī má dài xiào | variant of 披麻戴孝[pi1 ma2 dai4 xiao4] |
| 重披战袍 | chóng pī zhàn páo | (fig.) to re-enter the fray; to return to a field of activity after a period of absence |
| 披甲 | pī jiǎ | to don armor |
| 雨披 | yǔ pī | rain poncho; rain cape |
| 披萨 | pī sà | (loanword) pizza |
| 披索 | pī suǒ | (Tw) (loanword) peso (monetary unit) |
| 披沙拣金 | pī shā jiǎn jīn | (lit.) to sort the gold from the sand (idiom); (fig.) to separate the wheat from the chaff |
| 披露 | pī lù | to reveal; to publish; to make public; to announce |
| 所向披靡 | suǒ xiàng pī mǐ | (idiom) to sweep everything before one; to be invincible |
| 昭披耶河 | Zhāo pī yé Hé | Chao Phraya River, the main river of Thailand |
| 昌披 | chāng pī | variant of 猖披[chang1 pi1] |