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丕

pī
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 great; grand (classical)

Examples

HSK 7-9
没烧过的陶器叫坯。
Méi shāo guò de táoqì jiào pī.
An unfired clay pot is called a 'pei'.

Tips

history
丕 ('great / grand') is archaic and rarely used as a standalone word in modern Chinese. It survives as the phonetic in 坯 (an unfired brick or blank) and 胚 (embryo).

Components

phonetic
不 bù
not; phonetic element
The upper 不 supplies the sound; 丕 shares this root with 坯 and 胚.
ideograph
一 yī
ground line
The single stroke below acts as a base line, the abstract 'ground' that the grand thing rises from in 丕.

Stroke Order

丕 pī