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荜

bì

Character Traditional 蓽

What 荜 means

1. bean
2. pulse

Words starting with 荜

• 荜门圭窦bì mén guī dòuwicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel; living in poverty

Words containing 荜

• 蓬荜péng bìpoor person's house; humble home
• 蓬荜生辉péng bì shēng huī(idiom) (humble expression) your presence brings light to my humble dwelling
• 蓬门荜户péng mén bì hùovergrown gate, wicker windows (idiom); poor person's house; humble home

Characters built on 毕

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

• 哔bì(phonetic)
• 跸bìto clear streets when emperor tours

Sounds the same

Read bì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 必certainly; must; will
• 毕the whole of; to finish; to complete
• 避to avoid; to shun; to flee
• 闭to close; to stop up; to shut
• 币money; coins; currency
• 壁wall; rampart
• 庇to protect; cover; shelter
• 臂arm
• 蔽to cover; to shield; to screen
• 弊detriment; fraud; harm
• 痹paralysis; numbness
• 碧green jade; bluish green; blue