辟

bì
#2,135 most
frequent character
(literary) king, monarch

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

辟 combines 尸, a squatting person, with 辛, a chisel or torture tool; 口 once stood for 璧 and gave the sound. The tools and person point to the first sense, punishing by law. From law came rule and governing, then king; later meanings include avoid and refute. Read pì, it means to open or start.

辟 as a component in other characters

sound18 characters
避壁臂譬劈僻霹璧癖噼擘薜嬖鐾甓襞

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Same Characters, Different Readings

辟pì
penal law, variant of 闢|辟[pi4]
辟pì
to open (a door), to open up (for development)

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]
壁bì
wall, rampart
币bì
money, coins, currency, silk

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