避

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to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

辶 meaning “foot” + 辟 sound ( pì )

Components 辶辟

evade · Heisig RSH #1187

hot sauce + road

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
避不见面	bì bù jiàn miàn	to refuse to meet sb; to avoid sb
避风头	bì fēng tou	to lie low (until the fuss dies down)
防空避难所	fáng kōng bì nàn suǒ	(Tw) air-raid shelter
避而不	bì ér bù	to avoid (doing sth)
政治避难	zhèng zhì bì nàn	political asylum
防空避难	fáng kōng bì nàn	(Tw) evacuation to an air-raid shelter
避风处	bì fēng chù	lee; windstop
避雷器	bì léi qì	lightning arrester
避难所	bì nàn suǒ	a refuge; a haven; a sanctuary
避风港	bì fēng gǎng	haven; refuge; harbor; CL:座[zuo4],個\|个[ge4]
避开	bì kāi	to avoid; to evade; to keep away from
避风	bì fēng	to take shelter from the wind; to lie low; to stay out of trouble
不可避免	bù kě bì miǎn	(idiom) inevitable; unavoidable
无可避免	wú kě bì miǎn	see 不可避免[bu4 ke3 bi4 mian3]
避实击虚	bì shí jī xū	see 避實就虛\|避实就虚[bi4 shi2 jiu4 xu1]
避世	bì shì	to shun the world
回避	huí bì	variant of 迴避\|回避[hui2 bi4]
回避	huí bì	to shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recus…
扬长避短	yáng cháng bì duǎn	to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom); to play to one's strengths
避重就轻	bì zhòng jiù qīng	to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial; to keep silent about major charges while …

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
臂	bì	arm
劈	pī	to chop, to cut apart; to split
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