漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
披: expose, open
JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
扌 carries the meaning · 皮 gives the sound
8 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ヒhi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 披露ひろうannouncement; presentation; demonstration
- 披露宴ひろうえんreception (e.g. wedding); banquet
- 嫡披ちゃくひconfidential letter
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)手 hand, as 扌 (meaning) + 皮 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 披 (rev. 93443899), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Hand (扌) + skin (皮). To use the "hands" to "peel back the skin" and "reveal" or expose what has been hidden underneath the surface.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side披 expose · 扌
vs波 waves · 氵In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · pī
Same form: 披 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 披 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 披 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin pī most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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