Chinese symbol for “repudiate”
辟
pì
Traditional: 闢
to open (a door); to open up (for development); to dispel; to refute; to repudiate; (bound form) penetrating; incisive
The closest CC-CEDICT match for repudiate is 辟 (pì), defined as: to open (a door); to open up (for development); to dispel; to refute; to repudiate; (bound form) penetrating; incisive.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character 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)) |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.