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蜱

pí

Character

What 蜱 means

1. tick (zoology)

Words starting with 蜱

• 蜱虫pí chóngtick (the parasitic arachnid)
• 蜱咬病pí yǎo bìngtick-bite sickness; informal term for 发热伴血小板减少综合征

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.

• 啤píbeer
• 脾píspleen
• 俾bǐto cause; to enable; phonetic bi
• 裨bìto benefit; to aid; advantageous
• 婢bìslave girl; maid servant
• 睥pìused in 睥睨; Taiwan pr. bì
• 陴píparapet
• 郫píplace name

Characters that look like 蜱

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

• 碑bēia monument; an upright stone tablet; stele
• 辟pìpenal law; variant of 辟
• 裨bìto benefit; to aid; advantageous
• 榫sǔn(cabinetmaking) tenon
• 稗bàibarnyard millet (Echinochloa crus-galli); Panicum crus-galli; (literary) insignificant
• 睥pìused in 睥睨; Taiwan pr. bì

Sounds the same

Read pí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 皮skin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering
• 啤beer
• 脾spleen
• 疲weary
• 毗to adjoin; to border on
• 陂used in 黄陂
• 铍beryllium (chemistry)
• 陴parapet
• 芘Malva sylvestris
• 郫place name
• 枇used in 枇杷
• 狓used in 㺢㹢狓