劈 (pī, pǐ) — Chinese Character

劈

pī, pǐ

to hack; to chop; to split open; (of lightning) to strike

Radical: 刀 HSK 7 v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

劈 decomposes into the following components:

辟刀

Semantic component: 刀; phonetic component: 辟.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 劈.

劈叉

pǐ chà

劈啪

pī pā

劈头

pī tóu

劈开

pī kāi

劈手

pī shǒu

劈柴

pī chái

劈柴

pǐ chai

劈理

pī lǐ

劈离

pī lí

劈脸

pī liǎn

劈腿

pǐ tuǐ

劈裂

pī liè

Characters that share the radical 刀.

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