碑
a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele; CL:塊|块[kuai4],面[mian4]
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,789 U+7891
How 碑 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
石 (semantic, “stone”) + 卑 (phonetic, bēi)
How to remember it
stele · Heisig RSH #2955
石 stone + 卑 lowly
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 卑
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 卑 (bēi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卑 sound component | bēi | humble, low, inferior; to despise |
| 牌 | pái | card, game piece; placard, signboard, tablet |
| 鹎 | bēi | bulbul, songbird; Pycnonotidae |
| 啤 | pí | beer |
| 脾 | pí | spleen, pancreas; temper, disposition |
| 俾 | bǐ | so that, in order that; to cause |
| 稗 | bài | darnels, weeds; small, insignificant |
| 郫 | pí | place name |
| 蜱 | pí | tick, mite |
| 捭 | bǎi | to open up, to spread out |
| 睥 | pì | to glare at; to look askance |
| 埤 | pí | to add, to increase; to attach; fence, wall |
| 萆 | bì | castor oil; the castor-oil plant |
| 陴 | pí | parapet; city wall |
Words containing 碑
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 口碑流传 | kǒu bēi liú chuán | widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation |
| 罗塞塔石碑 | Luó sài tǎ Shí bēi | Rosetta Stone |
| 高碑店市 | Gāo bēi diàn Shì | Gaobeidian, a county-level city in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei |
| 碑林区 | Bēi lín Qū | Beilin, a district of Xi'an City 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 无字碑 | wú zì bēi | stone tablet without inscription; blank stele |
| 树碑立传 | shù bēi lì zhuàn | lit. to erect a stele and write a biography (idiom); to monumentalize; to glorify; to sing… |
| 人民英雄纪念碑 | Rén mín Yīng xióng Jì niàn bēi | Monument to the People's Heroes, at Tiananmen Square |
| 口碑载道 | kǒu bēi zài dào | lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere; universal approbation |
| 碑座儿 | bēi zuò r | erhua variant of 碑座[bei1 zuo4] |
| 里程碑 | lǐ chéng bēi | milestone |
| 五人墓碑记 | Wǔ Rén Mù bēi jì | Five Men's Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3] commemorating fiv… |
| 高碑店 | Gāo bēi diàn | see 高碑店市[Gao1 bei1 dian4 Shi4] |
| 白碑 | bái bēi | stone tablet without inscription; blank stele |
| 碑文 | bēi wén | inscription on a tablet |
| 口碑 | kǒu bēi | public praise; public reputation; commonly held opinions; current idiom |
| 石碑 | shí bēi | stele; stone tablet (for inscription); CL:方[fang1] |
| 碑石 | bēi shí | stele; vertical stone tablet for carved inscriptions |
| 方尖碑 | fāng jiān bēi | obelisk |
| 碑林 | Bēi lín | Forest of Steles (museum in Xi'an); Beilin District of Xi’an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 有口皆碑 | yǒu kǒu jiē bēi | every voice gives praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation |