坯

pī

noun #48,278

Meanings

这些陶罐还没烧，都是土坯。

Zhèxiē táo guàn hái méi shāo, dōu shì tǔpī.

The clay pots have not been fired yet; they are still raw blanks.

工厂先铸造钢坯，再加工。

Gōngchǎng xiān zhùzào gāng pī, zài jiāgōng.

The factory first casts a steel blank, then machines it.

usage

坯 is the unfinished stage of something. Use it for unfired brick (土坯), raw pottery, or an industrial blank (钢坯) that still needs shaping.

radical

土 tǔ

earth; soil; clay

The earth radical, fitting because the original 坯 was an unfired mud brick. It anchors the word to raw, unbaked clay material.

phonetic

丕 pī

great; grand

Supplies the sound directly: 丕 pī gives 坯 its reading pī with no tone shift. Its 'great' meaning plays no role here.

坯 pī