# 闢

| 闢 | U+95E2, &#38370; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95E2 |
| ← 闡 [U+95E1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 闣 → [U+95E3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

闢 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+13, 21 strokes, cangjie input 日弓尸口十 (ANSRJ), four-corner 7764$_1$, composition ⿵門辟)

#### Derived characters

* 𪸌

#### Related characters

* 辟 (Simplified form of 闢 in mainland China)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1342, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41500
* Dae Jaweon: page 1847, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4320, character 12
* Unihan data for U+95E2

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 嬖 | *peːɡs |
| 薜 | *beːɡs, *preːɡ |
| 鐾 | *beːɡs |
| 臂 | *peɡs |
| 譬 | *pʰeɡs |
| 避 | *beɡs |
| 檗 | *preːɡ |
| 擘 | *preːɡ |
| 糪 | *preːɡ, *pʰreːɡ |
| 掰 | *preːɡ |
| 繴 | *breːɡ, *peːɡ |
| 辟 | *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ |
| 璧 | *peɡ |
| 鐴 | *peɡ |
| 躄 | *peɡ |
| 襞 | *peɡ |
| 僻 | *pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ |
| 癖 | *pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ |
| 廦 | *pʰeɡ, *peːɡ |
| 擗 | *beɡ |
| 躃 | *beɡ |
| 闢 | *beɡ |
| 壁 | *peːɡ |
| 鼊 | *peːɡ |
| 霹 | *pʰeːɡ |
| 劈 | *pʰeːɡ |
| 澼 | *pʰeːɡ |
| 憵 | *pʰeːɡ |
| 甓 | *beːɡ |
| 鷿 | *beːɡ |
| 幦 | *mbeːɡ |
In the bronze script, an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 門 (“door”) + 𠬜 (“two hands pushing open the door”) – to open.
Since the seal script, now a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *beɡ) : semantic 門 + phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ).
Compare 開.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pì (pi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pik$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): pĭ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiak / pe̍k / phek / pi̍t
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pì
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pì
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^4$
*** Yale: pì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
*** Palladius: пи (pi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pik$^1$
*** Yale: pīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɪk̚⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiak
*** Tâi-lô: phiak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiak̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k
*** Tâi-lô: pi̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pek
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek
*** Tâi-lô: phik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pheg
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi̍t
*** Tâi-lô: pi̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pit
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pit̚⁴/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit闢 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /pʰi⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /pʰi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /pʰi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /pʰi²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /pʰi⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /pʰi²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /pʰi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /pʰji⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /pʰi¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /pʰi¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /pʰi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /pʰi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /pʰi³¹/ /pʰie³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /pʰi²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /pʰi³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /pʰiʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /pʰiəʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /pʰiəʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /pʰiʌʔ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /pʰiəʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /pʰiɪʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /pʰiəʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /pʰiəʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /pʰi²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /pʰiʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /pʰi⁵/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /pʰi²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /pʰi²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /pʰiʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /pʰit̚¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /pʰit̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /pʰek̚⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /pʰek̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /pʰek̚⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /pʰik̚³²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /pʰiʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /pʰi²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /pʰek̚²/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /fek̚⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: bjiek
Rime :
| Character | 闢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 昔 (123) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 房益切 |
| Baxter | bjiek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /biᴇk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biɛk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biæk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /biajk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /biɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭɛk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱi̯ɛk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bik$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*beɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 闢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 687 |
| Phonetic component | 辟 |
| Rime group | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 擗 |
| Old Chinese | /*beɡ/ |

### Definitions

闢
* to open
    Synonym: 開／开 (kāi)
* to settle; to develop; to open up

### Compounds

* 修闢／修辟
* 別闢蹊徑／别辟蹊径
* 別闢門戶／别辟门户
* 創闢／创辟
* 另闢新徑／另辟新径
* 另闢蹊徑／另辟蹊径 (lìngpìxījìng)
* 各闢蹊徑／各辟蹊径
* 四闢／四辟
* 增闢／增辟
* 墾闢／垦辟
* 天開地闢／天开地辟
* 奇闢／奇辟
* 寖闢／寖辟
* 寬闢／宽辟
* 拓闢／拓辟
* 抨闢／抨辟
* 排闢／排辟
* 改闢／改辟
* 洪闢／洪辟
* 洞闢／洞辟
* 湀闢／湀辟
* 獨闢／独辟
* 獨闢蹊徑／独辟蹊径 (dúpìxījìng)
* 生闢／生辟
* 疏闢／疏辟
* 精闢／精辟 (jīngpì)
* 翕闢／翕辟
* 翦闢／翦辟
* 肇闢／肇辟
* 英闢／英辟
* 蟠闢／蟠辟
* 警闢／警辟
* 豁闢／豁辟
* 軒闢／轩辟
* 透闢／透辟 (tòupì)
* 開天闢地／开天辟地 (kāitiānpìdì)
* 開疆闢土／开疆辟土
* 開闢／开辟 (kāipì)
* 闊闢／阔辟
* 闔闢／阖辟
* 闡闢／阐辟
* 闢仗／辟仗
* 闢仗箭／辟仗箭
* 闢佛／辟佛
* 闢國／辟国
* 闢土／辟土
* 闢地／辟地
* 闢地開天／辟地开天
* 闢室／辟室
* 闢建／辟建
* 闢治／辟治
* 闢田／辟田
* 闢空／辟空
* 闢築／辟筑
* 闢翕／辟翕
* 闢謠／辟谣 (pìyáo)
* 闢道／辟道
* 闢邪／辟邪
* 闢門／辟门
* 闢闔／辟阖
* 闢除／辟除
* 闢面／辟面
* 闢頭／辟头 (pītóu)
* 闢駁／辟驳
* 高闢／高辟

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04400
* “闢”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: びゃく (byaku)
* Kan-on: へき (heki)
* Kun: ひらく (hiraku, 闢く)

## Korean
### Hanja

闢 • (byeok) (hangeul 벽, revised byeok, McCune–Reischauer pyŏk, Yale pyek)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

闢: Hán Nôm readings: tịch
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#### References

* Nom Foundation