批
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to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 手 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 批
- Common rank
- #1,122
- Unicode
- U+6279
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
criticize · Heisig RSH #591
fingers + 比 compare
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 批
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 批斗大会 | struggle session | |
| 批量生产 | to mass produce | |
| 批发业 | wholesale business; bulk trade | |
| 批流年 | to cast sb's yearly horoscope | |
| 批发商 | a wholesale business; distributor | |
| 批八字 | to have one's fortune read; system of fortune telling based on a person's date and time of… | |
| 批处理 | (computing) batch processing | |
| 批准文号 | (drug etc) approval number | |
| 批发价 | wholesale price | |
| 大批 | large quantities of | |
| 批头 | screwdriving bits | |
| 大批特批 | to criticize severly; to censure | |
| 分批 | to do sth in batches or groups | |
| 批发 | wholesale; bulk trade; distribution | |
| 批文 | official written ruling in response to a submission; official approval in writing | |
| 特批 | to give special approval | |
| 批语 | criticism; commentary | |
| 成批 | in batches; in bulk | |
| 批点 | to add critical marks or notes to a text; (fig.) to criticize | |
| 报批 | to report for criticism; to submit for approval to higher authority |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 比 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 比 sound part | to compare, liken; comparison; than | |
| 屁 | to break wind, to fart; the buttocks | |
| 毕 | to finish, to conclude, to end; completed | |
| 庇 | cover, shield; to protect, to shelter; to harbor | |
| 毙 | to kill; to die a violent death | |
| 琵 | a guitar-like instrument (1) | |
| 吡 | to blame | |
| 毗 | to aid, to help; to adjoin, to connect | |
| 秕 | chaff, husk | |
| 蚍 | mussels, shellfish | |
| 蓖 | the castor-oil plant; Ricinus commumis | |
| 砒 | arsenic | |
| 妣 | one's deceased mother | |
| 枇 | loquat tree | |
| 纰 | carelessness; error, mistake; spoiled silk | |
| 貔 | fox, leopard, panther | |
| 仳 | separate, part company | |
| 舭 | bilge | |
| 芘 | common mallow; Malva sylvestris |