Hanja Analyzer
避

避 — pi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
피할 피
Romanization
pi
English
avoid; turn aside; escape; hide
Mandarin
bì
Japanese on'yomi
ヒ, ビ
Japanese kun'yomi
さ.ける よ.ける
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#756 of 2,500
Strokes
16
Radical
辵 (162, 13 residual)
Phonetic component
辟(벽)
Unicode
U+907F

Parts that make up 避

  • 辟 물리칠 벽, 피할 피sound 법을 집행하는 모습‘벽·피·비’ 계열의 소리
  • ⻌ variant of 辶 네거리와 발가고 오는 일, 길 위의 움직임

How 避 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 避 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 辵, 辟.

Korean example words with 避

  • 피접避接 Korean gloss: ‘비접’의 원말
  • 피신避身 Korean gloss: 위험을 피하여 몸을 숨김
  • 소피所避 Korean gloss: ‘오줌’을 완곡하게 이르는 말
  • 피한避寒 Korean gloss: 추위를 피하여 따뜻한 곳으로 옮김
  • 모피謀避 Korean gloss: 피하려고 꾀를 냄. 또는 그렇게 하여 피함
  • 회피回避 Korean gloss: 꾀를 부려 마땅히 져야 할 책임을 지지 아니함
  • 상피相避 Korean gloss: 가까운 친척 사이의 남녀가 성적(性的) 관계를 맺는 일
  • 피양避讓 Korean gloss: 바쁘거나 급한 사람, 차, 배 따위를 위하여 피하거나 양보함
  • 염피하다厭避 Korean gloss: 싫어서 피하다
  • 피화하다避禍 Korean gloss: 재화를 피하다
  • 규피하다規避 Korean gloss: 피할 길을 꾀하다
  • 피란하다避亂 Korean gloss: 난리를 피하여 옮겨 가다

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

Japanese words with 避

  • 避難ひなん taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation
  • 回避かいひ evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
  • 避難民ひなんみん evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
  • 避妊ひにん contraception; birth control
  • 不可避ふかひ inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
  • 逃避とうひ escape; evasion; flight
  • 避暑ひしょ escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering
  • 退避たいひ taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
  • 忌避きひ evasion; avoidance; shirking
  • 待避線たいひせん siding; sidetrack; turnout
  • 逃避行とうひこう runaway trip; journey of escape; flight from the world
  • 避けるさける to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject)

Characters sharing the phonetic 辟

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “벽” in Korean.

Other hanja read “피”

Other hanja with radical 辵

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences