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狴

bì

tapir; a fierce beast depicted on prison doors

🔤 Pictophonetic: 犭 (animal) provides meaning, 坒 provides pronunciation

HSK 10 strokes Uncommon (66%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

to compare, to equal, to match

⿰犭坒 i

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Component Tree i

quǎn

犭

dog

📷 Pictographic: A dog turned to the side

3 strokes

bì

坒

to compare, to equal, to match

💡 Ideographic: Comparing 比 pottery 土; 比 also provides the pronunciation

7 strokes

bǐ

比

to compare, liken; comparison; than

💡 Ideographic: Two spoons 匕 side-by-side; 匕 also provides the pronunciation

4 strokes HSK 2

bǐ

匕

spoon, ladle; knife, dirk

📷 Pictographic: A spoon

2 strokes

bǐ

匕

spoon, ladle; knife, dirk

📷 Pictographic: A spoon

2 strokes

tǔ

土

soil, earth; items made of earth

📷 Pictographic: A lump of clay on a potter's wheel

3 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 狴 (1)

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