辟
pì
#2,135 most
frequent character
penal law, variant of 闢|辟[pi4]
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.
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