Hanja Analyzer
被

被 — pi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
입을 피
Romanization
pi
English
passive indicator 'by'; bedding
Mandarin
bèi
Japanese on'yomi
ヒ, ビ
Japanese kun'yomi
こうむ.る おお.う かぶ.る かぶ.せる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#431 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
衣 (145, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
皮
Unicode
U+88AB

Parts that make up 被

  • 衤 옷 의variant of 衣 여민 옷깃옷과 옷을 입는 일. 왼쪽에서 衤 로 쓴다
  • 皮 가죽 피sound 손으로 벗겨 낸 가죽가죽과 겉면. ‘피·파’ 계열의 소리

How 被 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 被 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 衣, 皮.

Korean example words with 被

  • 피감被監 Korean gloss: 감사를 받음
  • 피살被殺 Korean gloss: 죽임을 당함
  • 피습被襲 Korean gloss: 습격을 받음
  • 피막被膜 Korean gloss: 덮어 싸고 있는 막
  • 피의被疑 Korean gloss: 혐의나 의심을 받음
  • 지피地被 Korean gloss: 땅을 덮고 있는 잡초
  • 피복被服 Korean gloss: 공공 기관의 단체 제복을 이르는 말
  • 피고被告 Korean gloss: 민사 소송에서, 소송을 당한 측의 당사자
  • 가피加被 Korean gloss: 부처나 보살이 자비를 베풀어 중생에게 힘을 줌
  • 피해被害 Korean gloss: 생명이나 신체, 재산, 명예 따위에 손해를 입음. 또는 그 손해
  • 피랍되다被拉 Korean gloss: 납치를 당하다
  • 피착하다被捉 Korean gloss: 남에게 붙잡히다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 被

  • 被告ひこく defendant; the accused
  • 被害ひがい (suffering) damage; injury; harm
  • 被害者ひがいしゃ victim; injured party; sufferer
  • 被災ひさい suffering (from a disaster); being hit (by an earthquake, typhoon, etc.); falling victim (to)
  • 被爆ひばく being bombed; being subjected to a nuclear bomb attack; being exposed to radiation from a nuclear bomb
  • 被告人ひこくにん accused; defendant; prisoner at the bar
  • 被疑者ひぎしゃ suspect
  • 被保険者ひほけんしゃ insured person
  • 被服ひふく clothing
  • 被写体ひしゃたい (photographic) subject
  • 被選挙権ひせんきょけん eligibility for election
  • 被験者ひけんしゃ subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject

Characters sharing the phonetic 皮

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “피”

Other hanja with radical 衣

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