辟 — Chinese character
辟
pì
law, rule; to open up, to develop
- Pinyin
- pì
- Radical
- 160 ⾟ (Bitter)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 尸 口 辛
- Formation
- ideographic — A body 尸 decapitated 口 by a sword 辛 , representing the law
- Traditional
- 闢
- Japanese
- 辟 as a kanji
Common words with 辟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开辟 (開闢) | kāi pì | to open up; to create; to establish |
| 复辟 (復辟) | fù bì | to recover one's power or authority; restoration (of a past regime) |
| 精辟 (精闢) | jīng pì | clear and penetrating (e.g. analysis); incisive |
| 辟谣 (闢謠) | pì yáo | to refute a rumor; to deny |
| 另辟蹊径 (另闢蹊徑) | lìng pì xī jìng | to take an alternate route (idiom); to find an alternative |
| 辟邪 | bì xié | to ward off evil spirits; mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅 (pí xiū)) |
| 开天辟地 (開天闢地) | kāi tiān pì dì | (lit.) to split heaven and earth apart (refers to the Pangu 盘古 (Pán gǔ) creation myth) (idiom); (fig.) unprecedented; first of its kind |
| 独辟蹊径 (獨辟蹊徑) | dú pì xī jìng | to blaze a new trail (idiom); to display originality |
| 辟谷 (辟穀) | bì gǔ | (Taoism) to abstain from eating cereals; to fast; also pr. [pi4gu3] |
| 透辟 (透闢) | tòu pì | penetrating; incisive |
| 鞭辟入里 (鞭闢入裡) | biān pì rù lǐ | penetrated; trenchant |
| 辟建 (闢建) | pì jiàn | (Tw) to construct (on undeveloped land) |
English words written with 辟
辟 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 10 · Mencius 21 · Zhuangzi 11 · Great Learning 6 · Doctrine of the Mean 6
- Analects 3.2
- Analects 11.17
- Analects 14.39
- Analects 16.4
- Analects 18.5
- Analects 18.6
- Mencius 1A.7
- Mencius 2A.1
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