霹
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used in 霹靂|霹雳[pi1 li4] and 霹雷[pi1 lei2]
- Strokes
- 21
- Radical
- 雨 +13
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 霹
- Common rank
- #3,405
- Unicode
- U+9739
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 霹
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青天霹雳 | (lit.) thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom); (fig.) a bolt from the blue | |
| 霹雷 | thunderbolt | |
| 列缺霹雳 | lightning and thunder | |
| 晴天霹雳 | lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom); fig. a bolt from the blue | |
| 霹雳舞 | to breakdance; breakdancing | |
| 霹雳啪啦 | see 噼里啪啦[pi1 li5 pa1 la1] | |
| 霹雳 | Perak (state of Malaysia) | |
| 霹雳 | thunderclap; (slang) awesome; shocking; terrifying |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 辟 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辟 sound part | law, rule; to open up, to develop | |
| 壁 | partition, wall; rampart | |
| 避 | to avoid, to turn away; to escape, to hide | |
| 臂 | arm | |
| 劈 | to chop, to cut apart; to split | |
| 璧 | a jade annulus | |
| 癖 | craving, addiction; habit, hobby; indigestion | |
| 僻 | out-of-the-way, remote; unorthodox | |
| 擘 | thumb; to rip, to tear; to split, to analyze | |
| 譬 | example; metaphor, simile | |
| 噼 | onomatopoetic, the sound of something cracking | |
| 襞 | pleat, fold, crease | |
| 檗 | tree | |
| 嬖 | a favorite, a minion; to show favor; to enjoy the favor of | |
| 擗 | to beat the breast | |
| 甓 | bricks, glazed tiles | |
| 薜 | evergreen shrub; Ligusticum | |
| 鐾 | a flat iron cooking-plate for cakes |