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纰

pī

Character Traditional 紕

What 纰 means

1. error
2. carelessness
3. spoiled silk

Words starting with 纰

• 纰漏pī lòucareless mistake; slip-up
• 纰缪pī miùerror; mistake

Characters built on 比

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

• 批pīto ascertain; to act on; to criticize
• 毕bìthe whole of; to finish; to complete
• 屁pìfart; flatulence; nonsense
• 庇bìto protect; cover; shelter
• 毗píto adjoin; to border on
• 毙bìto die; to shoot dead; to reject
• 琵písee 琵琶, pipa lute
• 媲pìto match; to pair

Characters that look like 纰

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 批pīto ascertain; to act on; to criticize
• 败bàito defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent)
• 纸zhǐpaper; classifier for documents, letters etc
• 妹mèiyounger sister
• 纯chúnpure; simple; unmixed
• 纹wénline; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc); to tattoo

Sounds the same

Read pī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 批to ascertain; to act on; to criticize
• 披to drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll
• 劈to hack; to chop; to split open
• 噼child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese); (onomatopoeia) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
• 坯blank (e.g. for a coin); unburnt earthenware; semifinished product
• 丕grand
• 霹used in 霹雳
• 砒arsenic
• 伾multitudinous; powerful
• 狉puppy badger
• 秠(millet)
• 錍flat arrow-head; plow blade; also pr. pí