# 劈

| 劈 | U+5288, &#21128; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5288 |
| ← 劇 [U+5287] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 劉 → [U+5289] |

## Translingual
### Han character

劈 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸十尸竹 (SJSH), four-corner 7022$_7$, composition ⿱辟刀)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 144, character 38
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2223
* Dae Jaweon: page 325, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 357, character 5
* Unihan data for U+5288

## 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰeːɡ): phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ) + semantic 刀 (“knife”).

### Etymology 1

Note similarities to Tagalog biyák (“split, crack”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pī, pǐ (pi$^1$, pi$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ, ㄆㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pik$^1$ / pek$^3$ / pek$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phiak
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiak / phek
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$phiq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pī
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pi
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^1$
*** Yale: pī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi
*** Palladius: пи (pi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi⁵⁵/
** (Beijing variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pǐ
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^3$
*** Yale: pǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pii
*** Palladius: пи (pi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pik$^1$ / pek$^3$ / pek$^6$
*** Yale: pīk / pek / pehk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pik$^7$ / pek$^8$ / pek$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pig$^1$ / pég$^3$ / pég$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɪk̚⁵/, /pʰɛːk̚³/, /pʰɛːk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phiak
*** Hakka Romanization System: piag$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: piag$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯ak̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiak
*** Tâi-lô: phiak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiak̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek
*** Tâi-lô: phik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pheg
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪk̚³²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$phiq
*** MiniDict: phih$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$phiq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰiɪʔ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: phek
Rime :
| Character | 劈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 錫 (127) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 普擊切 |
| Baxter | phek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰek̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰek̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰɛk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰɛjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰek̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰiek̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰiek̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰeːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 劈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 693 |
| Phonetic component | 辟 |
| Rime group | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 霹 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰeːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

劈
* to slit; to chop; to cleave
    劈柴火 ― pī cháihuǒ ― to chop firewood
* to crack; to split open
* (dialectal, of voice) to become hoarse
* to be right against (one's head, face, etc.)
* (of lightning)​ to strike; to destroy
* wedge
* (fencing) to cut; to deliver an attack with a chopping motion, landing on the edge or tip of the weapon
* (fencing) a cut
    複雜還擊劈／复杂还击劈 ― fùzá huánjī pī ― compound cut-riposte
* to divide; to split
* to break off; to strip off
* (Cantonese) to cut down prices sharply
    劈價／劈价 [Cantonese] ― pek$^3$ gaa$^3$ [Jyutping] ― to reduce price sharply
* (Cantonese) to drink large amount of alcohol
    劈酒 [Cantonese] ― pek$^3$ zau$^2$ [Jyutping] ― to booze up
* (Cantonese) to drive at high speed
    劈彎／劈弯 [Cantonese] ― pek$^3$ waan$^1$ [Jyutping] ― to drive through a bend fast

##### Synonyms

* (to chop): (Zhangzhou) 錛／锛 (bēn)

#### Compounds

* 分劈
* 分肌劈理
* 劈刀 (pīdāo)
* 劈初頭 / 劈初头
* 劈刺
* 劈劃 / 劈划
* 劈劈
* 劈劈啪啪
* 劈叉
* 劈口
* 劈啪 (pīpā)
* 劈地價來 / 劈地价来
* 劈屍萬段 / 劈尸万段
* 劈山
* 劈心裡 / 劈心里
* 劈手
* 劈拉
* 劈排定對 / 劈排定对
* 劈接法
* 劈擊 / 劈击
* 劈柴
* 劈然
* 劈牌定對 / 劈牌定对
* 劈牌放對 / 劈牌放对
* 劈理
* 劈留撲碌 / 劈留扑碌
* 劈空
* 劈胸
* 劈腦後 / 劈脑后
* 劈腳跟 / 劈脚跟
* 劈腿 (pǐtuǐ)
* 劈臉 / 劈脸
* 劈著
* 劈蘭 / 劈兰
* 劈角兒 / 劈角儿
* 劈里啪啦
* 劈開 / 劈开 (pīkāi)
* 劈面
* 劈頭 / 劈头 (pītóu)
* 劈頭劈臉 / 劈头劈脸
* 劈頭子 / 劈头子
* 劈頭蓋臉 / 劈头盖脸 (pītóugàiliǎn)
* 勢如劈竹 / 势如劈竹
* 叉劈
* 大劈棺
* 大斧劈
* 天打雷劈 (tiāndǎléipī)
* 小斧劈
* 岔劈兒 / 岔劈儿
* 雷劈

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 劈 – see 副 (“to split open”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 副).

### References

* 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “劈”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00375

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): へき (heki)、ひゃく (hyaku)
* Kun: さく (saku, 劈く)、つんざく (tsunzaku, 劈く)

## Korean
### Hanja

劈 • (byeok) (hangeul 벽, revised byeok, McCune–Reischauer pyŏk)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

劈: Hán Việt readings: phách
* Chữ Hán form of phách (“to split; to chop (the wood)”).

#### References

* ↑ Trần (2004).