霹
used in 霹靂|霹雳[pi1 li4] and 霹雷[pi1 lei2]
21 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,405 U+9739
How 霹 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
雨 (semantic, “rain”) + 辟 (phonetic, pì)
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 霹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青天霹雳 | qīng tiān pī lì | (lit.) thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom); (fig.) a bolt from the blue |
| 霹雷 | pī léi | thunderbolt |
| 列缺霹雳 | liè quē pī lì | lightning and thunder |
| 晴天霹雳 | qíng tiān pī lì | lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom); fig. a bolt from the blue |
| 霹雳舞 | pī lì wǔ | to breakdance; breakdancing |
| 霹雳啪啦 | pī lì pā lā | see 噼里啪啦[pi1 li5 pa1 la1] |
| 霹雳 | Pī lì | Perak (state of Malaysia) |
| 霹雳 | pī lì | thunderclap; (slang) awesome; shocking; terrifying |