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劈 U+5288, 劈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5288
← 劇
[U+5287] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 劉 →
[U+5289]

Translingual

Han character

劈 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸十尸竹 (SJSH), four-corner 70227, composition ⿱辟刀)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 144, character 38
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2223
  • Dae Jaweon: page 325, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 357, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5288

Chinese

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Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (辟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰeːɡ): phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ) + semantic 刀 (“knife”).

Etymology 1

Note similarities to Tagalog biyák (“split, crack”) and Burmese ပျက် (pyak, “to be destroyed”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • pih6 - literary;
  • peh6 - vernacular (e.g. 刀劈);
  • pe6 - vernacular (e.g. 劈板).
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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Definitions

劈

  1. to slit; to chop; to cleave
    劈柴火  ―  pī cháihuǒ  ―  to chop firewood
  2. to crack; to split open
  3. (dialectal, of voice) to become hoarse
  4. to be right against (one's head, face, etc.)
  5. (of lightning)​ to strike; to destroy
  6. wedge
  7. (fencing) to cut; to deliver an attack with a chopping motion, landing on the edge or tip of the weapon
  8. (fencing) a cut
    複雜還擊劈／复杂还击劈  ―  fùzá huánjī pī  ―  compound cut-riposte
  9. to divide; to split
  10. to break off; to strip off
  11. (Cantonese) to cut down prices sharply
    劈價／劈价 [Cantonese]  ―  pek3 gaa3 [Jyutping]  ―  to reduce price sharply
  12. (Cantonese) to drink large amount of alcohol
    劈酒 [Cantonese]  ―  pek3 zau2 [Jyutping]  ―  to booze up
  13. (Cantonese) to drive at high speed
    劈彎／劈弯 [Cantonese]  ―  pek3 waan1 [Jyutping]  ―  to drive through a bend fast
Synonyms
  • (to chop): (Zhangzhou) 錛／锛 (bēn)

Compounds

  • 分劈
  • 分肌劈理
  • 劈刀 (pīdāo)
  • 劈初頭 / 劈初头
  • 劈刺
  • 劈劃 / 劈划
  • 劈劈
  • 劈劈啪啪
  • 劈叉
  • 劈口
  • 劈啪 (pīpā)
  • 劈地價來 / 劈地价来
  • 劈屍萬段 / 劈尸万段
  • 劈山
  • 劈心裡 / 劈心里
  • 劈手
  • 劈拉
  • 劈排定對 / 劈排定对
  • 劈接法
  • 劈擊 / 劈击
  • 劈柴
  • 劈然
  • 劈牌定對 / 劈牌定对
  • 劈牌放對 / 劈牌放对
  • 劈理
  • 劈留撲碌 / 劈留扑碌
  • 劈空
  • 劈胸
  • 劈腦後 / 劈脑后
  • 劈腳跟 / 劈脚跟
  • 劈腿 (pǐtuǐ)
  • 劈臉 / 劈脸
  • 劈著
  • 劈蘭 / 劈兰
  • 劈角兒 / 劈角儿
  • 劈里啪啦
  • 劈開 / 劈开 (pīkāi)
  • 劈面
  • 劈頭 / 劈头 (pītóu)
  • 劈頭劈臉 / 劈头劈脸
  • 劈頭子 / 劈头子
  • 劈頭蓋臉 / 劈头盖脸 (pītóugàiliǎn)
  • 勢如劈竹 / 势如劈竹
  • 叉劈
  • 大劈棺
  • 大斧劈
  • 天打雷劈 (tiāndǎléipī)
  • 小斧劈
  • 岔劈兒 / 岔劈儿
  • 雷劈

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 劈 – see 副 (“to split open”).
(This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 副).

References

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Japanese

Kanji

劈

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): へき (heki)、ひゃく (hyaku)
  • Kun: さく (saku, 劈く)、つんざく (tsunzaku, 劈く)

Korean

Hanja

劈 • (byeok) (hangeul 벽, revised byeok, McCune–Reischauer pyŏk)

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Vietnamese

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