披 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 書物や手紙を読むために開く。
  2. 布等をかぶる、着る。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「手」+音符「皮」。「分ける」「切り開く」を意味する漢語{披}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

expose, open

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音pi1
  • 한글pi
  • Hán-ViệtPhi
  • Hán-ViệtBia

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+62AB

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌皮

Words using this kanji

  • 披露ひろう文書などを開き人に知らせること。 広く知らせること。 意見を申し上げること。announcement, presentation, demonstration, displaying
  • 披瀝ひれき本心を包み隠さず話すこと。expressing one's opinion, speaking one's mind, making known, revealing
  • 披露宴ひろうえん祝儀を広く披露するために催す宴会。reception (e.g. wedding), banquet, celebration, party
  • 披見ひけんreading, perusing
  • 披講ひこう歌会などで詩歌を読み上げること。また、その役やそれをする人。introduction of poems at a poetry party
  • 披くひらくto open, to unfold, to spread out
  • 披露目ひろめひろめること。一般に広く知らせること。披露。making (something) widely known, announcement, unveiling
  • 披針形ひしんけいlanceolate (leaf shape)
  • 披裂軟骨ひれつなんこつarytenoid cartilage

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(19 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-5
Four Corner
5404.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c5.13
Heisig
868
Nelson
1874