辟
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penal law; variant of 闢|辟[pi4]
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,213 U+8F9F
How 辟 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A body 尸 decapitated 口 by a sword 辛 , representing the law
How to remember it
repudiate · Heisig RSH #1185
flag + 口 mouth + 辛 peppery — as a component also called: hot sauce
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 辟 as their sound component
These characters all use 辟 (pì) as their phonetic component — 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 |
| 臂 | bì | arm |
| 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 辟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开天辟地 | kāi tiān pì dì | (lit.) to split heaven and earth apart (refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth)… |
| 开辟者 | kāi pì zhě | pioneer; groundbreaker |
| 辟室密谈 | pì shì mì tán | to discuss behind closed doors |
| 大辟 | dà pì | (literary) death sentence; decapitation |
| 鞭辟入里 | biān pì rù lǐ | penetrated; trenchant; incisive |
| 开辟 | kāi pì | to open up; to create; to establish |
| 精辟 | jīng pì | clear and penetrating (e.g. analysis); incisive; insightful |
| 复辟 | fù bì | to recover one's power or authority; restoration (of a past regime) |
| 辟室 | pì shì | lit. to open a room; fig. to settle in a quiet room; behind closed doors |
| 辟建 | pì jiàn | (Tw) to construct (on undeveloped land) |
| 张勋复辟 | Zhāng Xūn Fù bì | Manchu Restoration of 1917, an attempt by General Zhang Xun 張勳|张勋[Zhang1 Xun1] to reinstat… |
| 警辟 | jǐng pì | profound, thorough and moving |
| 辟谷 | bì gǔ | (Taoism) to abstain from eating cereals; to fast; also pr. [pi4gu3] |
| 丁巳复辟 | Dīng sì Fù bì | see 張勳復辟|张勋复辟[Zhang1 Xun1 Fu4 bi4] |
| 透辟 | tòu pì | penetrating; incisive |
| 独辟蹊径 | dú pì xī jìng | to blaze a new trail (idiom); to display originality |
| 辟邪 | bì xié | to ward off evil spirits; mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi… |
| 攘辟 | rǎng bì | to stand off; to make way |
| 辟雍砚 | pì yōng yàn | ink slab or ink stone of celadon or white porcelain with unglazed surface |
| 另辟蹊径 | lìng pì xī jìng | to take an alternate route (idiom); to find an alternative; to take a different approach; … |