law

Depicts punishing a kneeling person () with a curved knife ().

Components
卩 iconic component

  Iconic component

jié

  

person kneeling

䇂 iconic component

  Iconic component

qiān

  

sickle, curved blade

Depicts a curved knife used to punish criminals.

口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

Evolution

辟 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
辟 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
辟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
辟 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
辟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

law, rule; open up, develop; law; variant of |[pì]

 

king; monarch; to enlist; to repel; to avoid

() 

open; settle, develop, open up; to open (a door); to open up (for development); to dispel; to refute; to repudiate

Most common words with 辟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

开辟

to open up

to dispel

精辟

incisive

开天辟地

to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pán​gǔ] creation myth

辟邪

to ward off evil spirits

Component uses

Sound component in 21 characters (2 verified)

鷿