披

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drape over the shoulders

HSK 5 N1

Human →Actions

pī

ヒ

피

To put on 扌 fur 皮; 皮 also provides the pronunciation

Components

扌 hand (side)+ 皮 covering =

披 drape over the shoulders

扌 Meaning component

shou hand (side)

hand

皮 Meaning component

pí covering

skin, hide, fur, feather

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

披

Regular

Modern

Chinese

披 [pī]

to drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll; to split open; to spread out

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

披ひらき

Hiraki place name

CHINESE WORDS (46)

所向披靡 [suǒxiàngpīmǐ] #20,173

to sweep everything before one

披荆斩棘 [pījīngzhǎnjí] #38,411

lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)

披荆斩棘 [pījīngzhǎnjí] #38,411

lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)

披挂 [pīguà] #45,243

to put on a suit of armor

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JAPANESE WORDS (21)

⭐ 披露 [ひろう] #4,652

announcement

お披露目 [おひろめ] #12,126

(formal) announcement

広め [ひろめ] #26,976

fairly wide

披露目 [ひろめ] #26,976

making (something) widely known

⭐ 披露宴 [ひろうえん] #27,068

reception (e.g. wedding)

⭐ 披瀝 [ひれき] #65,043

expressing one's opinion

結婚披露宴 [けっこんひろうえん] #68,412

wedding reception banquet

襲名披露 [しゅうめいひろう] #150,233

announcing the succession to another's stage name

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KOREAN WORDS (3)