璧
jade annulus
18 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,405 U+74A7
How 璧 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
玉 (semantic, “jade”) + 辟 (phonetic, pì)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 辟
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 辟 (pì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辟 sound component | pì | law, rule; to open up, to develop |
| 壁 | bì | partition, wall; rampart |
| 避 | bì | to avoid, to turn away; to escape, to hide |
| 臂 | bì | arm |
| 劈 | pī | to chop, to cut apart; to split |
| 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 |
Words containing 璧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中西合璧 | Zhōng Xī hé bì | harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom) |
| 璧山区 | Bì shān Qū | Bishan, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] |
| 珠流璧转 | zhū liú bì zhuǎn | lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time; water under the bridge |
| 珠联璧合 | zhū lián bì hé | string of pearl and jade (idiom); ideal combination; perfect pair |
| 完璧之身 | wán bì zhī shēn | undefiled (girl); virgin; (of computer system) clean; uncorrupted |
| 灵璧县 | Líng bì Xiàn | Lingbi, a county in Suzhou City 宿州市[Su4 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui |
| 怀璧其罪 | huái bì qí zuì | lit. treasuring a jade ring becomes a crime (idiom); to get into trouble on account of a c… |
| 璧山 | Bì shān | see 璧山區|璧山区[Bi4 shan1 Qu1] |
| 合璧 | hé bì | to match harmoniously |
| 连璧 | lián bì | to join jade annuli; fig. to combine two good things |
| 璧玉 | bì yù | jade disk with a hole in the center |
| 白璧无瑕 | bái bì wú xiá | impeccable moral integrity |
| 灵璧 | Líng bì | see 靈璧縣|灵璧县[Ling2 bi4 Xian4] |
| 完璧归赵 | wán bì guī Zhào | lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its ri… |
| 白璧微瑕 | bái bì wēi xiá | a slight blemish |
| 璧还 | bì huán | return (a borrowed object) with thanks; decline (a gift) with thanks |
| 璧谢 | bì xiè | decline (a gift) with thanks |
| 完璧 | wán bì | flawless piece of jade; (fig.) perfect person or thing; virgin; to return sth intact |
| 红璧玺 | hóng bì xǐ | topaz |
| 拱璧 | gǒng bì | a flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center; fig. a treasure |