辟(pì)

HSK 7-913 strokesTrad. 闢
Readingspìbì

(literary) king

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Character information

Pinyin
pì / bì
Meaning
(literary) king; monarch; (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service; (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]); (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4])
Strokes
13
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
闢

Origin & structure

Where 辟 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰⿸尸口辛

A body 尸 decapitated 口 by a sword 辛 , representing the law

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

尸shī口kǒu辛xīn

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 闢: gate

How to write 辟 step by step

13 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 辟

Common words using 辟 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

kāi开tiān天pì辟dì地
HSK 7-9

(lit.) to split heaven and earth apart (refers to the Pangu 盘古 creation myth) (idiom)

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kāi开pì辟
HSK 7-9

to open up; to create; to establish

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dà大pì辟

(literary) death sentence; decapitation

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fù复bì辟

to recover one's power or authority; restoration (of a past regime)

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rǎng攘pì辟

to stand off; to make way

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lìng另pì辟qī蹊jìng径

to take an alternate route (idiom)

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dú独pì辟qī蹊jìng径

to blaze a new trail (idiom); to display originality

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jīng精pì辟

clear and penetrating (e.g. analysis)

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开天地大复攘另蹊

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