俾
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to cause; to enable; phonetic bi; Taiwan pr. [bi4]
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 人 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 俾
- Common rank
- #3,133
- Unicode
- U+4FFE
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 俾
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 加俾额尔 | Gabriel (biblical name) | |
| 俾路支省 | Balochistan (Pakistan) | |
| 俾格米 | Pygmy | |
| 俾斯麦 | Bismarck (name); Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, Minister-President of… | |
| 俾路支 | Balochi (ethnic group of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan) | |
| 俾利 | to facilitate; thus making easier | |
| 俾夜作昼 | lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil; work especially hard | |
| 俾昼作夜 | to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardles… | |
| 俾使 | in order that; so that; so as to; to cause sth | |
| 俾倪 | parapet; to look askance |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 卑 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卑 sound part | humble, low, inferior; to despise | |
| 牌 | card, game piece; placard, signboard, tablet | |
| 碑 | stone tablet; gravestone | |
| 鹎 | bulbul, songbird; Pycnonotidae | |
| 啤 | beer | |
| 脾 | spleen, pancreas; temper, disposition | |
| 稗 | darnels, weeds; small, insignificant | |
| 郫 | place name | |
| 蜱 | tick, mite | |
| 捭 | to open up, to spread out | |
| 睥 | to glare at; to look askance | |
| 埤 | to add, to increase; to attach; fence, wall | |
| 萆 | castor oil; the castor-oil plant | |
| 陴 | parapet; city wall |