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)
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Dict coverage rank #1,122 U+6279
How 批 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 比 (phonetic, bǐ)
How to remember it
criticize · Heisig RSH #591
fingers + 比 compare
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
Words containing 批
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 批斗大会 | pī dòu dà huì | struggle session |
| 批量生产 | pī liàng shēng chǎn | to mass produce |
| 批发业 | pī fā yè | wholesale business; bulk trade |
| 批流年 | pī liú nián | to cast sb's yearly horoscope |
| 批发商 | pī fā shāng | a wholesale business; distributor |
| 批八字 | pī bā zì | to have one's fortune read; system of fortune telling based on a person's date and time of… |
| 批处理 | pī chǔ lǐ | (computing) batch processing |
| 批准文号 | pī zhǔn wén hào | (drug etc) approval number |
| 批发价 | pī fā jià | wholesale price |
| 大批 | dà pī | large quantities of |
| 批头 | pī tóu | screwdriving bits |
| 大批特批 | dà pī tè pī | to criticize severly; to censure |
| 分批 | fēn pī | to do sth in batches or groups |
| 批发 | pī fā | wholesale; bulk trade; distribution |
| 批文 | pī wén | official written ruling in response to a submission; official approval in writing |
| 特批 | tè pī | to give special approval |
| 批语 | pī yǔ | criticism; commentary |
| 成批 | chéng pī | in batches; in bulk |
| 批点 | pī diǎn | to add critical marks or notes to a text; (fig.) to criticize |
| 报批 | bào pī | to report for criticism; to submit for approval to higher authority |