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铍

pí

Character Traditional 鈹

What 铍 means

1. beryllium (chemistry)

Characters built on 皮

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

• 彼bǐthat; those; (one) another
• 披pīto drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll
• 疲píweary

Characters that look like 铍

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

• 做zuòto make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
• 皱zhòuto wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
• 骇hàito astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
• 铰jiǎoscissors; to cut (with scissors)
• 饺jiǎodumplings with meat filling
• 钹bócymbals

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
• 蜱tick (zoology)
• 陴parapet
• 芘Malva sylvestris
• 郫place name
• 枇used in 枇杷
• 狓used in 㺢㹢狓