庇

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

shield

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bì

ヒ

ひさし、おお.う、かば.う

비

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 比 represents the sound.

Components

广 roof+ 比 compare =

庇 shield

广 Meaning component

yǎn roof

"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc

比 Phonetic component

bǐ compare

to compare, liken

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

庇

Regular

Modern

Chinese

庇 [bì]

to protect; cover; shelter; hide or harbor

Japanese

庇、廂 (rare) ひさし同音

noun

usually kana awning (over a window, doorway, etc.); eaves (of a roof)
architecture narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
usually kana visor (of a cap); brim; peak
abbrev. classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

Example Sentences

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ひさしから雨水が滴り落ちている。

The eaves are dripping.

Japanese Names

庇ひさし

Hisashi surname

CHINESE WORDS (24)

to give shade (of a tree etc)

庇荫 [bìyìn] #58,676

to give shade (of a tree etc)

托庇 [tuōbì] #58,847

to rely on sb for protection

庇古 [Bìgǔ] #63,793

Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877-1959), British economist

罗伯斯庇尔 [Luóbósībì'ěr] #68,336

Robespierre (name)

罗伯斯庇尔 [Luóbósībì'ěr] #68,336

Robespierre (name)

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JAPANESE WORDS (15)

awning (over a window, doorway, etc.)

classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

庇を貸して母屋を取られる [ひさしをかしておもやをとられる] #240,968

to have one's kindness taken advantage of

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KOREAN WORDS (1)

비호

protection; shelter; patronage