劈

2 readings · tap one to hear it

to hack; to chop; to split open; (of lightning) to strike

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

刀 meaning “knife” + 辟 sound ( pì )

Components 辟刀

split · Heisig RSH #2557

hot sauce + dagger

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
劈头盖脸	pī tóu gài liǎn	lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc); showe…
劈情操	pī qíng cāo	to have a friendly chat (Shanghai)
微劈恩	wēi pī ēn	(coll.) (loanword) VPN
劈头	pī tóu	straight away; right off the bat; right on the head; right in the face
劈手	pī shǒu	with a lightning move of the hand
劈面	pī miàn	right in the face
劈开	pī kāi	to cleave; to split open; to spread open (fingers, legs)
劈理	pī lǐ	(mining) cleavage
劈空扳害	pī kōng bān hài	damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
劈离	pī lí	split
劈脸	pī liǎn	right in the face
劈挂拳	pī guà quán	Piguaquan "Chop-Hanging Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
劈裂	pī liè	to split open; to cleave; to rend
劈腿	pǐ tuǐ	to do the splits (gymnastics); (Tw) two-timing (in romantic relationships); Taiwan pr. [pi…
劈叉	pǐ chà	the splits (move in dancing); to do the splits; Taiwan pr. [pi3 cha1]
劈柴	pī chái	to chop firewood; to split logs
劈柴	pǐ chai	chopped wood; firewood
劈里啪啦	pī li pā lā	variant of 噼里啪啦[pi1 li5 pa1 la1]
劈哩啪啦	pī li pā lā	variant of 噼里啪啦[pi1 li5 pa1 la1]
劈啪	pī pā	(onom.) for crack, slap, clap, clatter etc

Characters sharing the sound component 辟 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
辟 sound part	pì	law, rule; to open up, to develop
壁	bì	partition, wall; rampart
避	bì	to avoid, to turn away; to escape, to hide
臂	bì	arm
璧	bì	a jade annulus
癖	pǐ	craving, addiction; habit, hobby; indigestion
僻	pì	out-of-the-way, remote; unorthodox
霹	pī	thunderclap, crashing thunder
擘	bò	thumb; to rip, to tear; to split, to analyze
譬	pì	example; metaphor, simile
噼	pī	onomatopoetic, the sound of something cracking
襞	bì	pleat, fold, crease
檗	bò	tree
嬖	bì	a favorite, a minion; to show favor; to enjoy the favor of
擗	pǐ	to beat the breast
甓	pì	bricks, glazed tiles
薜	bì	evergreen shrub; Ligusticum
鐾	bèi	a flat iron cooking-plate for cakes