僻

pì

adjective #39,669

Meanings

他在一个偏僻的小山村长大。

Tā zài yí gè piānpì de xiǎo shāncūn zhǎngdà.

He grew up in a remote little mountain village.

这篇文章里全是生僻字。

Zhè piān wénzhāng lǐ quán shì shēngpì zì.

This essay is full of obscure, rarely used characters.

usage

Seen in 偏僻 (piānpì, remote), 生僻 (shēngpì, obscure, of rare characters), and 孤僻 (gūpì, withdrawn and aloof in personality).

radical

亻 dānrénpáng

person

The side-person radical 亻 hints at the human angle: people living far off the beaten path, or with odd, withdrawn temperaments.

phonetic

辟 pì

to open up; to repel

辟 (pì) gives the exact sound and adds a sense of being set apart. The same phonetic appears in 避 and 壁.

僻 pì