牌
signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]); brand; trademark; mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]); (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2 pai2] and 曲牌[qu3 pai2])
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #673 U+724C
How 牌 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
片 (semantic, “page”) + 卑 (phonetic, bēi)
How to remember it
brand · Heisig RSH #1497
片 slice + 卑 lowly
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 卑
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 卑 (bēi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卑 sound component | bēi | humble, low, inferior; to despise |
| 碑 | bēi | stone tablet; gravestone |
| 鹎 | bēi | bulbul, songbird; Pycnonotidae |
| 啤 | pí | beer |
| 脾 | pí | spleen, pancreas; temper, disposition |
| 俾 | bǐ | so that, in order that; to cause |
| 稗 | bài | darnels, weeds; small, insignificant |
| 郫 | pí | place name |
| 蜱 | pí | tick, mite |
| 捭 | bǎi | to open up, to spread out |
| 睥 | pì | to glare at; to look askance |
| 埤 | pí | to add, to increase; to attach; fence, wall |
| 萆 | bì | castor oil; the castor-oil plant |
| 陴 | pí | parapet; city wall |
Words containing 牌
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自有品牌 | zì yǒu pǐn pái | private brand |
| 名牌儿 | míng pái r | erhua form of 名牌[ming2 pai2] |
| 主打品牌 | zhǔ dǎ pǐn pái | flagship brand |
| 子品牌 | zǐ pǐn pái | sub-brand |
| 双牌县 | Shuāng pái Xiàn | Shuangpai, a county in Yongzhou City 永州市[Yong3 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan |
| 联合品牌 | lián hé pǐn pái | to cobrand |
| 主品牌 | zhǔ pǐn pái | umbrella brand (marketing) |
| 大牌 | dà pái | strong card; honor card (card games); very popular or successful person; self-important |
| 牌子 | pái zi | sign; trademark; brand |
| 头牌 | tóu pái | tablet announcing the name of leading actor in a theatrical production; by extension, the … |
| 无牌 | wú pái | unlicensed; unlabeled (goods) |
| 白牌 | bái pái | (of a product) unbranded |
| 金牌 | jīn pái | gold medal; CL:枚[mei2] |
| 上牌 | shàng pái | to obtain a license plate |
| 高牌 | gāo pái | high card (poker) |
| 塔罗牌 | tǎ luó pái | tarot card |
| 发牌 | fā pái | to deal (cards) |
| 标语牌 | biāo yǔ pái | placard |
| 车牌 | chē pái | vehicle license plate |
| 门牌 | mén pái | door plate; house number |