劈 pī split

HSK 6 — the top of the six old levels: 2,500 new words, 5,000 in all. You read and discuss almost anything. In HSK 3.0, 劈 is in band 7–9. HSK 6 explained

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中劈。

It means to split. Picture a grandfather in the yard with an axe, splitting logs for the winter fire, and someone says it. Want to try saying it?

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Stroke order

劈 is written in 15 strokes.

劈 — the Chinese character for split (pī), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 劈 — split

Senses

to hack
to chop
to split open
(of lightning) to strike

Related words

Where 劈 lives

HSK 6 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 7–9 Practise Topic: Everyday actions Practise

劈 is pronounced pī and means “split”.