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坯

pī
noun #48,278

Meanings

  1. 1 unfired brick or pottery
  2. 2 blank
  3. 3 semi-finished piece

Examples

HSK 7-9
这些陶罐还没烧，都是土坯。
Zhèxiē táoguàn hái méi shāo, dōu shì tǔpī.
The clay pots have not been fired yet; they are still raw blanks.
HSK 7-9
工厂先铸造钢坯，再加工。
Gōngchǎng xiān zhùzào gāngpī, zài jiāgōng.
The factory first casts a steel blank, then machines it.

Tips

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.

Components

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.

Stroke Order

坯 pī