The 比 family
比 · bǐ · ㄅㄧˇ — to compare
Know 比 and the readings of 4 more characters follow: 琵、屁、批、庇. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 琵pí · ㄆㄧˊ部首 玨 · jadesee 琵琶, pipa lute66%
- 屁pì · ㄆㄧˋ部首 尸 · (literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies)fart; flatulence66%
- 批pī · ㄆㄧ部首 扌 提手旁 · handto ascertain; to act on66%
- 庇bì · ㄅㄧˋ部首 广 · "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etcto protect; cover79%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 比 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 比 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 69%.
Words this family builds
- 比賽
- 屁股
- 比如
- 比利
- 比較
- 比爾
- 狗屁
- 比起
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