甓

Information about character(s)

Radical: 瓦
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 17

Pronunciation

Pinyin: pì
Cantonese: pik1
JapaneseKun: KAWARA
JapaneseOn: HEKI
Korean: PYEK
Vietnamese: bịch

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: glazed tiles, bricks

CE-Dict: glazed tile

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a brick; a tile

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《瓦部》甓瓴甓也。从瓦辟聲。《詩》曰：「中唐有甓。」

康熙字典文字版 【午集上】【瓦字部】甓
【唐韻】扶歷切【集韻】【韻會】蒲歷切【正韻】毗亦切，𠀤平入聲。【說文】瓴甓也。【爾雅·釋宮】瓴甋謂之甓。【博雅】甓，甎也。【詩·𨻰風】中唐有甓。【傳】甓，瓴甋也。【司馬相如·長門賦】緻錯石之瓴甓兮，象瑇瑁之文章。【註】江東呼甓爲㼾甎。【晉書·陶侃傳】侃在州無事，輒朝運百甓于齋外，暮運于齋內。　又【集韻】博厄切，音薜。義同。

CF-Dict: grande brique

Han-De-Dict: Kachel (u.E.) (S)