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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pì | pi4
English translation
open; to settle, to develop, to open up

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Number of strokes

21

Traditional form

Contains the radical

mén

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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gate

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

門辟

Semantic compound

mén

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Depicts punishing a kneeling person ( jié ) with a curved knife ().

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
开辟 kāipì to open up開闢
to dispel
精辟 jīng pì incisive精闢
开天辟地 kāi tiān pì dì to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古 Pán gǔ [Pán​gǔ] creation myth開天闢地
辟邪 bì xié to ward off evil spirits辟邪 bì xié
复辟 fù bì restoration (of a past regime)復辟
辟谣 pì yáo to deny闢謠
独辟蹊径 dú pì xī jìng to blaze a new trail (idiom); to display originality獨辟蹊徑
另辟蹊径 lìng pì xī jìng to find an alternative另闢蹊徑
鞭辟入里 biān pì rù lǐ penetrated鞭闢入裡
大辟 dà pì death sentence大辟 dà pì
透辟 tòu pì penetrating透闢
开辟者 kāi pì zhě pioneer開闢者
警辟 jǐng pì profound, thorough and moving警闢

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