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邳

Pī

Character

What 邳 means

1. surname Pi
2. Han dynasty county in present-day Jiangsu
3. also pr. Péi

Other readings

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

• pīvariant of {丕|pī}

Words starting with 邳

• 邳县Pī xiànPi county in Jiangsu
• 邳州市Pī zhōu ShìPizhou, a county-level city in Xuzhou City 徐州市
• 邳州Pī zhōusee 邳州市

Characters built on 丕

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

• 坯pīblank (e.g. for a coin); unburnt earthenware; semifinished product
• 伾pīmultitudinous; powerful

Characters that look like 邳

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

• 耶yē(phonetic ye)
• 郎láng(arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status
• 郁yù(bound form) strongly fragrant
• 邵Shàosurname Shao; place name
• 邹Zōusurname Zou; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of…
• 郅zhìextremely; very

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
• 纰error; carelessness; spoiled silk
• 伾multitudinous; powerful
• 狉puppy badger
• 秠(millet)