毕
the whole of; to finish; to complete; complete; full; finished
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,684 U+6BD5
How 毕 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
十 (semantic, “complete”) + 比 (phonetic, bǐ)
How to remember it
complete · Heisig RSH #1708
比 compare + needle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 比
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 比 (bǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 比 sound component | bǐ | to compare, liken; comparison; than |
| 批 | pī | comment, criticism; batch, lot; wholesale |
| 屁 | pì | to break wind, to fart; the buttocks |
| 庇 | bì | cover, shield; to protect, to shelter; to harbor |
| 毙 | bì | to kill; to die a violent death |
| 琵 | pí | a guitar-like instrument (1) |
| 吡 | bǐ | to blame |
| 毗 | pí | to aid, to help; to adjoin, to connect |
| 秕 | bǐ | chaff, husk |
| 蚍 | pí | mussels, shellfish |
| 蓖 | bì | the castor-oil plant; Ricinus commumis |
| 砒 | pī | arsenic |
| 妣 | bǐ | one's deceased mother |
| 枇 | pí | loquat tree |
| 纰 | pī | carelessness; error, mistake; spoiled silk |
| 貔 | pí | fox, leopard, panther |
| 仳 | pǐ | separate, part company |
| 舭 | bǐ | bilge |
| 芘 | pí | common mallow; Malva sylvestris |
Words containing 毕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毕达哥拉斯 | Bì dá gē lā sī | Pythagoras |
| 毕尼奥夫带 | Bì ní ào fū dài | Benioff zone (geology); also called Wadati-Benioff zone |
| 毕业证书 | bì yè zhèng shū | (PRC) (since 1985) graduation certificate, which certifies that the student has graduated,… |
| 毕业生 | bì yè shēng | graduate |
| 毕节市 | Bì jié Shì | Bijie, prefecture-level city in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省[Gui4 zhou1 Sheng3] |
| 内罗毕 | Nèi luó bì | Nairobi, capital of Kenya |
| 毕尼奥夫 | Bì ní ào fū | Hugo Benioff (1899-1968), Caltech seismologist |
| 原形毕露 | yuán xíng bì lù | original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth |
| 真相毕露 | zhēn xiàng bì lù | real face fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth |
| 今日事今日毕 | jīn rì shì jīn rì bì | never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom) |
| 毕业设计 | bì yè shè jì | graduation project |
| 毕加索 | Bì jiā suǒ | Picasso |
| 毕卡索 | Bì kǎ suǒ | Picasso (Tw) |
| 毕其功于一役 | bì qí gōng yú yī yì | to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom) |
| 证明完毕 | zhèng míng wán bì | (math.) end of proof; QED (quod erat demonstrandum) |
| 毕业典礼 | bì yè diǎn lǐ | graduation ceremony; commencement exercises |
| 毕生 | bì shēng | one's whole life; throughout one's life |
| 引号完毕 | yǐn hào wán bì | unquote; end of quote |
| 凶相毕露 | xiōng xiàng bì lù | show one's ferocious appearance (idiom); the atrocious features revealed; with fangs bared |
| 毕业 | bì yè | graduation; to graduate; to finish school |