壁

bì
#1,378 most
frequent character
wall, rampart

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

壁 has 土 dirt/earth as the meaning part and 辟 pì as the sound part, sharing the rhyme. It first meant wall, then grew to wall-like and cliff.

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Homophones

HSK 6
臂bì
arm
必bì
must, certainly, necessarily
闭bì
close, shut, obstruct, stop up
毕bì
the whole of, to finish, to complete
秘bì
see 秘魯|秘鲁[Bi4 lu3]
币bì
money, coins, currency, silk

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