配
to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #694 U+914D
How 配 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
酉 (semantic, “wine”) + 己 (phonetic, jǐ)
How to remember it
distribute · Heisig RSH #1127
whiskey bottle + snake
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 己
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 己 (jǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 己 sound component | jǐ | self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem |
| 起 | qǐ | to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up |
| 纪 | jì | discipline, age; period, era; record, annal |
| 忌 | jì | jealous, envious; to fear; to shun |
| 杞 | qǐ | willow, medlar tree; a small feudal state |
| 岂 | qǐ | what; how |
| 芑 | qǐ | white millet |
| 圮 | pǐ | destroyed, ruined; to injure; to subvert |
| 屺 | qǐ | a grassy knoll; a barren knoll |
Words containing 配
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 德不配位 | dé bù pèi wèi | one's moral standards are not in keeping with one's social status |
| 相配人 | xiāng pèi rén | match (couple); persons well suited for each other |
| 配电器 | pèi diàn qì | distributor (automobile) |
| 分配器 | fēn pèi qì | dispenser (for consumables such as liquid soap); splitter (for cable TV signal etc) |
| 相配物 | xiāng pèi wù | thing that is well suited; pet animal that suits its owner |
| 配方法 | pèi fāng fǎ | completing the square (method of solving quadratic equation, math.) |
| 配对儿 | pèi duì r | matched pair |
| 业配文 | yè pèi wén | (Tw) advertorial |
| 同型配子 | tóng xíng pèi zǐ | isogamete |
| 配子 | pèi zǐ | gamete |
| 配有 | pèi yǒu | to be equipped with; to come with (sth) |
| 配镜人员 | pèi jìng rén yuán | optician |
| 分配 | fēn pèi | to distribute; to assign; to allocate; to partition (a hard drive) |
| 配体 | pèi tǐ | ligand |
| 发配 | fā pèi | to send away to serve a penal sentence |
| 配发 | pèi fā | to issue; to distribute; to publish along with |
| 装配线 | zhuāng pèi xiàn | assembly line; production line |
| 配文 | pèi wén | accompanying text (for an image, video, link etc); caption |
| 配合 | pèi hé | matching; fitting in with; compatible with; to correspond; to fit; to conform to; rapport;… |
| 配接卡 | pèi jiē kǎ | adapter (device) |