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碑

bēi

stone tablet; gravestone

🔤 Pictophonetic: 石 (stone) provides meaning, 卑 provides pronunciation
HSK 6 13 strokes Common (22%)
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Component Breakdown

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石
shí
stone, rock, mineral
卑
bēi
humble, low, inferior; to despise
⿰石卑 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

shí
石
stone, rock, mineral
💡 Ideographic: A rock 口 at the base of a cliff 厂
5 strokes HSK 5
bēi
卑
humble, low, inferior; to despise
💡 Ideographic: A hand 又(altered) holding an empty shell 甲 (altered)
8 strokes HSK 6

Words Using 碑 (36)

lǐchéngbēi
里程碑 ↗
HSK 6
milestone
bēi
碑 ↗
a monument / an upright stone tablet / stele / CL:[[塊|块<kuài>]], [[面<miàn>]]
mùbēi
墓碑 ↗
gravestone / tombstone
bēiwén
碑文 ↗
inscription on a tablet
kǒubēi
口碑 ↗
public praise / public reputation / commonly held opinions / current idiom
súyànkǒubēi
俗谚口碑 ↗
common sayings (idiom); widely circulated proverbs
kǒubēiliúchuán
口碑流传 ↗
widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
kǒubēizàidào
口碑载道 ↗
lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere / universal approbation
wǔrénmùbēijì
五人墓碑记 ↗
Five tombstone inscriptions (1628), written by Zhang Pu [[張溥|张溥<ZhāngPǔ>]]
shùbēilìzhuàn
树碑立传 ↗
lit. to erect a stele and write a biography (idiom) / to monumentalize / to glorify / to sing the praises of
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