笞
to whip with bamboo strips
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,917 U+7B1E
How 笞 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺮ (semantic, “bamboo”) + 台 (phonetic, tái)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 台
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 台 (tái) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 台 sound component | tái | platform; unit; term of address |
| 胎 | tāi | embryo, fetus; car tire |
| 始 | shǐ | to begin, to start; beginning |
| 抬 | tái | to carry, to lift, to raise |
| 怡 | yí | gladness, joy, pleasure; harmony |
| 苔 | tái | moss, lichen |
| 贻 | yí | to hand down, to give to, to bequeath |
| 怠 | dài | idle; negligent, remiss; to neglect |
| 殆 | dài | almost, probably; danger, peril; to endanger |
| 饴 | yí | syrup; sweet-meat, sweet-cake |
| 眙 | yí | to gaze at; a place name |
| 鲐 | tái | mackerel; Pneumatophorus japonicus |
| 跆 | tái | to trample, to kick |
| 炱 | tái | soot |
| 绐 | dài | to pretend, to fool, to cheat |
| 诒 | yí | to bequeath, to pass on |
| 迨 | dài | while, until; to seize, to arrest |
| 邰 | tái | a state in Shanxi province; surname |
| 骀 | tái | tired old horse; tired, exhaused |
Words containing 笞
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 笞背 | chī bèi | to flog or whip the back |
| 笞击 | chī jī | to cudgel |
| 笞刑 | chī xíng | whipping with bamboo strips (as corporal punishment) |
| 笞责 | chī zé | to flog with a bamboo stick |
| 笞骂 | chī mà | to whip and revile |
| 鞭笞 | biān chī | to flog; to lash; to whip; to urge or goad along |
| 笞辱 | chī rǔ | to whip and insult |
| 榜笞 | péng chī | (literary) to beat; to flog; to whip |
| 笞臀 | chī tún | to whip the buttocks |
| 笞杖 | chī zhàng | a cudgel; CL:根[gen1] |
| 笞掠 | chī lüè | to flog |
| 笞挞 | chī tà | to flog; to whip |
| 笞棰 | chī chuí | to beat with a bamboo whip |