Kiokun Logo
辟
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

law

HSK 7
Human →Relations →Leaders
pì, bì
ヘキ、ヒ
きみ、ひら.く、め.す
벽, 피
Depicts punishing a kneeling person (卩) with a curved knife (䇂).
Components
卩 person kneeling+ 䇂 ancient+ 口 mouth =
辟 law
卩 Iconic component
jié person kneeling
seal
䇂 Iconic component
qiān ancient
(ancient form) fault
Depicts a curved knife used to punish criminals.
口 Meaning component
kǒu mouth
Notes
Similar Characters
叩 ask令 orders呪 damn咒 curse祝 wish well茍 to be circumspect兇 cruel (trad)危 danger却 still (simp)卷 exam paper卻 withdraw (trad)丞 aid乡 hometown (simp)光 ray卬 raise印 print即 immediately妃 spouse巽 obedient御 imperial
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze Warring States (475-221 BC)
Bronze
Warring States (475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
辟
Regular
Modern
Chinese
辟 [bì]
king; monarch; to enlist; to repel; to avoid
辟 [pì]
law; variant of 闢|辟[pì]
Japanese
辟 へき 同音
noun false; punish; crime; law; ruler
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (27)
开辟 [kāi​pì] #20,551
to open up
精辟 [jīng​pì] #33,817
clear and penetrating (e.g. analysis)
开天辟地 [kāi​tiān​pì​dì] #30,300
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pán​gǔ] creation myth
辟邪 [bì​xié] #32,504
to ward off evil spirits
复辟 [fù​bì] #12,906
to recover one's power or authority
复辟 [fù​bì] #12,906
to recover one's power or authority
辟谣 [pì​yáo] #66,295
to refute a rumor
独辟蹊径 [dú​pì​xī​jìng] #51,998
to blaze a new trail (idiom); to display originality
独辟蹊径 [dú​pì​xī​jìng] #51,998
to blaze a new trail (idiom); to display originality
另辟蹊径 [lìng​pì​xī​jìng] #32,636
to take an alternate route (idiom)
17 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
辟易 [へきえき] #13,903
to be fed up (with)
復辟 [ふくへき] #259,734
restoration (of an abdicated ruler)
大辟 [たいへき]
severe punishment