劈

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

simp. and trad.		劈

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (辟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
嬖	*peːɡs
薜	*beːɡs, *preːɡ
鐾	*beːɡs
臂	*peɡs
譬	*pʰeɡs
避	*beɡs
檗	*preːɡ
擘	*preːɡ
糪	*preːɡ, *pʰreːɡ
掰	*preːɡ
繴	*breːɡ, *peːɡ
辟	*peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ
璧	*peɡ
鐴	*peɡ
躄	*peɡ
襞	*peɡ
僻	*pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ
癖	*pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ
廦	*pʰeɡ, *peːɡ
擗	*beɡ
躃	*beɡ
闢	*beɡ
壁	*peːɡ
鼊	*peːɡ
霹	*pʰeːɡ
劈	*pʰeːɡ
澼	*pʰeːɡ
憵	*pʰeːɡ
甓	*beːɡ
鷿	*beːɡ
幦	*mbeːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pī, pǐ (pi¹, pi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ, ㄆㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pik¹ / pek³ / pek⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phiak
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiak / phek
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷phiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pī
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹
    • Yale: pī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi³
    • Yale: pǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pii
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pik¹ / pek³ / pek⁶
    • Yale: pīk / pek / pehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pik⁷ / pek⁸ / pek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pig¹ / pég³ / pég⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪk̚⁵/, /pʰɛːk̚³/, /pʰɛːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phiak
    • Hakka Romanization System: piag^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: piag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯ak̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiak
    • Tâi-lô: phiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek
    • Tâi-lô: phik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pheg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪk̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷phiq
    • MiniDict: phih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴phiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰiɪʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: phek

Rime
Character	劈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	普擊切
Baxter	phek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/pʰek̚/
Wang Li	/pʰiek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pik1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰeːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	劈
Reading #	1/1
No.	693
Phonetic component	辟
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	霹
Old Chinese	/*pʰeːɡ/

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

 

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

Han character

劈: Hán Việt readings: phách

1. Chữ Hán form of phách (“to split; to chop (the wood)”).