to open (a door) / to open up (for development) / to dispel / to refute / to repudiate

= + + : Mnemonic symbol from 辟邪, to ward of evil: a jade dragon, because this is what you get if you google image search 辟邪. Pocahontas (pi) stored some delicious kimchi (辛) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), and a ghost (尸) is trying to eat it all in one gulp. Pocahontas is prepared though and uses a jade dragon (辟) to fend off (辟) the ghost. She does throw a mandarin (口) to the desperate ghost though.

闢 character breakdown

king / monarch / to enlist / to repel / to avoid
law / variant of 闢|辟[pi4]
surname Men
gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

Mahatma Gandhi wants his revenge on the Chinese emperor! Like a spider he sits in the upper left corner of the encampment's kitchen, ready to strike with the trap door he installed in the floor.
to open (a door) / to open up (for development) / to dispel / to refute / to repudiate

= + + : Mnemonic symbol from 辟邪, to ward of evil: a jade dragon, because this is what you get if you google image search 辟邪. Pocahontas (pi) stored some delicious kimchi (辛) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), and a ghost (尸) is trying to eat it all in one gulp. Pocahontas is prepared though and uses a jade dragon (辟) to fend off (辟) the ghost. She does throw a mandarin (口) to the desperate ghost though.

Characters with 闢 as component

闢 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 闢

to open up / to set up / to establish
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth
clear and penetrating (e.g. analysis) / incisive / insightful
to refute a rumor / to deny
lit. to open a room / fig. to settle in a quiet room / behind closed doors
to discuss behind closed doors
(Tw) to construct (on undeveloped land)
penetrated / trenchant / incisive
to take an alternate route (idiom) / to find an alternative / to take a different approach / to blaze a new trail
profound, thorough and moving
penetrating / incisive
pioneer / groundbreaker

Sentences with 闢

闢 currently does not appear in any sentence.