闢 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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pì

law

Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 辟 represents the sound.

Components

門 Meaning component

mén

door

辟 Sound component

pì, bì

law

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

pì

open; settle, develop, open up

pì

to open (a door); to open up (for development); to dispel; to refute; to repudiate

Most common words with 闢

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	开辟	to open up
	辟	to dispel
	精辟	incisive
	开天辟地	to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古\|盘古[Pángǔ] creation myth
	辟邪	to ward off evil spirits

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.5217% of movies

3243rd most common character in movies

2140th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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