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= pi + Ø4
to open (a door) / to open up (for development) / to dispel / to refute / to repudiate
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How to pronounce 闢

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= pi initial

Pi is for Pocahontas.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

闢 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
mén = m + (e)n2
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)
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= bi + Ø4
king / monarch / to enlist / to repel / to avoid
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= pi + Ø4
law / variant of 闢|辟[pi4]
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= pi + Ø4
to open (a door) / to open up (for development) / to dispel / to refute / to repudiate
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Characters with 闢 as component

闢 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 闢

clear and penetrating (e.g. analysis) / incisive / insightful
to take an alternate route (idiom) / to find an alternative / to take a different approach / to blaze a new trail
profound, thorough and moving

Sentences with 闢

闢 currently does not appear in any sentence.

Want to remember 闢 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

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

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