郫 (pí): (in 郫县 / 郫都) Pi District, Cheng…

Meanings

郫县豆瓣酱是川菜的灵魂。

Pí xiàn dòubànjiàng shì chuāncài de línghún.

Pixian broad-bean paste is the soul of Sichuan cuisine.

郫都区在成都的西部。

Pí dōu qū zài Chéngdū de xībù.

Pi District is in the western part of Chengdu.

culture

郫 names a district of Chengdu (郫县, now 郫都区). It is famous for 郫县豆瓣, the fermented chili-bean paste that defines Sichuan cooking.

radical

阝 yì

city; town

阝 on the right is the city radical 邑, marking 郫 as a place name. (On the left this same shape means 阜, a mound.)

phonetic

卑 bēi

low; humble

卑 supplies the sound (bēi shifted to pí) and adds no meaning here. The same phonetic appears in 碑, 牌, and 脾.

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