毙

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to die; to shoot dead; to reject; to fall forward; (suffix) to death

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

死 meaning “death” + 比 sound ( bǐ )

Components 比死

die a violent death · Heisig RSH #1969

比 compare + 死 death

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
多行不义必自毙	duō xíng bù yì bì zì bì	persisting in evil brings about self-destruction (idiom)
坐以待毙	zuò yǐ dài bì	to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
束手就毙	shù shǒu jiù bì	hands tied and expecting the worst
束手待毙	shù shǒu dài bì	to wait helplessly for death (idiom); to resign oneself to extinction
毙命	bì mìng	to meet violent death; to get killed
倒毙	dǎo bì	to fall dead
击毙	jī bì	to kill; to shoot dead
枪毙	qiāng bì	to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of
勒毙	lēi bì	to strangle or throttle to death
暴毙	bào bì	to die suddenly
待毙	dài bì	to await death; to be a sitting duck
酷毙	kù bì	(slang) awesome; cool; righteous
瘐毙	yǔ bì	to die of hunger or disease (of a prisoner)

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
比 sound part	bǐ	to compare, liken; comparison; than
批	pī	comment, criticism; batch, lot; wholesale
屁	pì	to break wind, to fart; the buttocks
毕	bì	to finish, to conclude, to end; completed
庇	bì	cover, shield; to protect, to shelter; to harbor
琵	pí	a guitar-like instrument (1)
吡	bǐ	to blame
毗	pí	to aid, to help; to adjoin, to connect
秕	bǐ	chaff, husk
蚍	pí	mussels, shellfish
蓖	bì	the castor-oil plant; Ricinus commumis
砒	pī	arsenic
妣	bǐ	one's deceased mother
枇	pí	loquat tree
纰	pī	carelessness; error, mistake; spoiled silk
貔	pí	fox, leopard, panther
仳	pǐ	separate, part company
舭	bǐ	bilge
芘	pí	common mallow; Malva sylvestris