闢

Information about character(s)

Radical: 門
Radical Strokes: 8
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 21

Pronunciation

Pinyin: pì
Cantonese: pik1
JapaneseKun: HIRAKU
JapaneseOn: HEKI BYAKU
Korean: PYEK

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: open; settle, develop, open up

CE-Dict: to dispel/to refute/to repudiate/to open up (for development)

Soothill: To open; translit. pi (पि), v. 毘.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.remote; inaccessible
bi
ㄅㄧA
1.[Formal] a monarch; a sovereign
2.to govern; to take the law (to people)
3.to avoid; to escape

1.to open up; to develop
2.to rid; to do away with
3.to refute

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: break; keep away

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: break; keep away

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《門部》闢開也。从門辟聲。

康熙字典文字版 【戌集上】【門字部】闢
〔古文〕𨴔𨴔【唐韻】房益切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】毗亦切，𠀤音擗。【說文】開也。从門，辟，意兼聲。【廣韻】啓也。【易·繫辭】其動也闢。【疏】動則開生萬物，故其動也闢。【又】闢戸謂之乾。【疏】謂吐生萬物，若室之開闢其戸。【書·舜典】詢于四岳，闢四門。【傳】開闢四方之門。【左傳·宣二年】晨往，寢門闢矣。　又避也。【周禮·天官·閽人】凡外內命夫命婦，出入則爲之闢。【註】闢行人，使無干也。【釋文】闢，避也。　又【集韻】匹辟切，音僻。【爾雅·釋水】湀闢流川。【註】通流也。　又【正韻】亦作辟。【周禮·天官·閽人闢釋文】闢，本又作辟。𨴔字作門內卄。

CF-Dict: frayer/ouvrir/réfuter/rejeter