吡
used as phonetic bi- or pi-
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,375 U+5421
How 吡 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 比 (phonetic, bǐ)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 比
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 比 (bǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 比 sound component | 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 |
| 毙 | bì | to kill; to die a violent death |
| 琵 | pí | a guitar-like instrument (1) |
| 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 |
Words containing 吡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吡拉西坦 | bǐ lā xī tǎn | (pharmacology) (loanword) piracetam (C6H10N2O2), a nootropic |
| 乙酰胺吡咯烷酮 | yǐ xiān àn bǐ luò wán tóng | (pharmacology) piracetam (C6H10N2O2), a nootropic |
| 吡唑 | bǐ zuò | pyrazole (chemistry) (loanword) |
| 吡咯 | bǐ luò | pyrrole (C4H5N) (loanword) |
| 吡啶 | bǐ dìng | pyridine C5H5N (loanword) |
| 吡嗪 | bǐ qín | pyrazine (chemistry) (loanword) |
| 吡喃 | bǐ nán | pyran (chemistry) (loanword) |
| 吡叻 | Bǐ lè | Perak (state of Malaysia) |