out-of-the-way

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

is a component form of .

辟 sound component

  Sound component

  

law

Evolution

僻 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
僻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
僻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

out-of-the-way, remote; unorthodox; biased; low; rustic; secluded

Most common words with 僻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

偏僻

remote

low

孤僻

antisocial

僻静

lonely

穷乡僻壤

a remote and desolate place