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捭

bǎi

Character

What 捭 means

1. to spread out
2. to open

Other readings

捭 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• bòvariant of {擘|bò}; to separate; to split

Characters built on 卑

These share the phonetic component 卑 (bēi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 牌páisignboard; plaque; plate; tablet; brand; trademark; mahjong tile; domino; playing card
• 稗bàibarnyard millet (Echinochloa crus-galli); Panicum crus-galli; (literary) insignificant

Sounds the same

Read bǎi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 百hundred; numerous; all kinds of
• 摆to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro
• 柏cedar; cypress; Taiwan pr. bó
• 伯one hundred (old)
• 佰hundred (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 竡hectoliter (old)
• 䙓variant of 摆