霹 — Chinese character
霹
pī
thunderclap, crashing thunder
- Pinyin
- pī
- Radical
- 173 ⾬ (Rain)
- Strokes
- 21
- Components
- 雨 辟
- Formation
- pictophonetic — rain; meaning component 雨; sound component 辟
- Japanese
- 霹 as a kanji
Common words with 霹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 霹雳 (霹靂) | pī lì | thunderclap; (slang) awesome; shocking; terrifying |
| 晴天霹雳 (晴天霹靂) | qíng tiān pī lì | lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom); fig. a bolt from the blue |
| 霹雳舞 (霹靂舞) | pī lì wǔ | to breakdance; breakdancing |
| 霹雷 | pī léi | thunderbolt |
| 列缺霹雳 (列缺霹靂) | liè quē pī lì | lightning and thunder |
| 霹雳啪啦 (霹靂啪啦) | pī lì pā lā | see 噼里啪啦 (pī li pā lā) |
| 青天霹雳 (青天霹靂) | qīng tiān pī lì | (lit.) thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom); (fig.) a bolt from the blue |
English words written with 霹
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.