Keyword
wall
- partition
- rampart
- Frequency
- #1599
- Strokes
- 16
Readings
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Mnemonic
土 (earth) gives the meaning and 辟 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
隔壁
next door; neighbor
墙壁
wall
壁画
mural (painting); fresco
壁
wall; rampart
壁垒
rampart; barrier
壁纸
wallpaper
戈壁
Gobi (desert)
赤壁
Red Cliffs, historic battlefield in Huangzhou District 黄州区 (HuángzhōuQū), Huanggang 黄冈市 (HuánggāngShì), Hubei, site of the Battle of Red Cliffs in 208 AD
壁炉
fireplace
峭壁
cliff; steep; precipice
碰壁
to hit a wall; (fig.) to hit a brick wall; to hit a snag; to have the door slammed in one's face
壁虎
gecko; house lizard
壁球
squash (sport)
半壁江山
half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands); vast swathe of territory
绝壁
precipice
细胞壁
cell wall
贸易壁垒
trade barrier
铜墙铁壁
copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
戈壁滩
Gobi desert
赤壁市
Chibi, a county-level city in Xianning City 咸宁市 (XiánníngShì), Hubei
影壁
(traditional Chinese architecture) spirit wall – a screen wall placed inside or outside a main gate, shielding the courtyard from view
面壁
to face the wall; to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism); (fig.) to devote oneself to study, work etc
侧壁
side wall
鹤壁市
Hebi, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省 (HénánShěng)