脾
spleen
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,848 U+813E
How 脾 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 卑 (phonetic, bēi)
How to remember it
spleen · Heisig RSH #2954
part of the body + 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 |
| 碑 | bēi | stone tablet; gravestone |
| 鹎 | bēi | bulbul, songbird; Pycnonotidae |
| 啤 | pí | beer |
| 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 脾
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发脾气 | fā pí qì | to lose one's temper; to fly into a rage; to throw a tantrum |
| 牛脾气 | niú pí qi | bullheadedness; stubborn |
| 沁人心脾 | qìn rén xīn pí | (lit.) to penetrate deeply into the heart (idiom); (fig.) to gladden the heart; to be refr… |
| 沁入心脾 | qìn rù xīn pí | see 沁人心脾[qin4 ren2 xin1 pi2] |
| 不伤脾胃 | bù shāng pí wèi | lit. doesn't hurt the spleen or the stomach; fig. something that is not critical |
| 坏脾气 | huài pí qì | bad temper |
| 闹脾气 | nào pí qi | to get angry |
| 脾性 | pí xìng | temperament; disposition |
| 脾气 | pí qi | character; temperament; disposition; bad temper; CL:股[gu3] |
| 耍脾气 | shuǎ pí qì | to go into a huff |
| 脾虚 | pí xū | depletion of the spleen (Chinese medicine) |
| 脾脏 | pí zàng | spleen |
| 脾胃 | pí wèi | spleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM); preferences; one's taste (e.g. in literature… |