臂
arm
17 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,501 U+81C2
How 臂 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 辟 (phonetic, pì)
How to remember it
arm · Heisig RSH #2556
hot sauce + flesh
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 辟
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 辟 (pì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辟 sound component | pì | law, rule; to open up, to develop |
| 壁 | bì | partition, wall; rampart |
| 避 | bì | to avoid, to turn away; to escape, to hide |
| 劈 | pī | to chop, to cut apart; to split |
| 璧 | bì | a jade annulus |
| 癖 | pǐ | craving, addiction; habit, hobby; indigestion |
| 僻 | pì | out-of-the-way, remote; unorthodox |
| 霹 | pī | thunderclap, crashing thunder |
| 擘 | bò | thumb; to rip, to tear; to split, to analyze |
| 譬 | pì | example; metaphor, simile |
| 噼 | pī | onomatopoetic, the sound of something cracking |
| 襞 | bì | pleat, fold, crease |
| 檗 | bò | tree |
| 嬖 | bì | a favorite, a minion; to show favor; to enjoy the favor of |
| 擗 | pǐ | to beat the breast |
| 甓 | pì | bricks, glazed tiles |
| 薜 | bì | evergreen shrub; Ligusticum |
| 鐾 | bèi | a flat iron cooking-plate for cakes |
Words containing 臂
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 助一臂之力 | zhù yī bì zhī lì | to lend a helping hand (idiom) |
| 交臂失之 | jiāo bì shī zhī | to miss sb by a narrow chance; to miss an opportunity |
| 失之交臂 | shī zhī jiāo bì | to miss narrowly; to let a great opportunity slip |
| 人马臂 | rén mǎ bì | Sagittarius spiral arm (of our galaxy) |
| 三头六臂 | sān tóu liù bì | (lit.) (having) three heads and six arms (idiom); (fig.) superhuman abilities; exceptional… |
| 如臂使指 | rú bì shǐ zhǐ | as the arm moves the finger (idiom); freely and effortlessly; to have perfect command of |
| 花臂 | huā bì | tattoo-covered arm; tattoo sleeve |
| 上臂 | shàng bì | upper arm |
| 手臂 | shǒu bì | arm (from shoulder to wrist); (fig.) assistant; helper |
| 力臂 | lì bì | lever arm (i.e. perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the line of force) |
| 臂力 | bì lì | arm strength |
| 重臂 | zhòng bì | actuator (arm of a lever); lever; actuating arm |
| 红臂章 | hóng bì zhāng | (southern dialects) red armband |
| 交臂 | jiāo bì | linking arms; arm in arm; very close |
| 前臂 | qián bì | forearm |
| 臂力棒 | bì lì bàng | power twister (fitness equipment) |
| 振臂一呼 | zhèn bì yī hū | (idiom) to issue a call for action; to raise one's hand and issue a rousing call |
| 双臂 | shuāng bì | arms; both arms; two arms |
| 英仙臂 | yīng xiān bì | Perseus spiral arm (of our galaxy) |
| 双臂抱胸 | shuāng bì bào xiōng | with arms crossed |