| 荜 | |||
| species of bean; piper longtum | |||
| Radical | 䒑艸艹艹艹 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 6 | Total Strokes | 12 |
| Mandarin reading | bì | Cantonese reading | bat1 |
| Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 蓽 | species of bean; piper longtum | |
| 荜 | [ bì ] bean, pulse |
| 荜门圭窦 | [ bì mén guī doù ] wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel, living in poverty |
| ⇒ 蓬荜 | [ péng bì ] poor person's house, humble home |
| ⇒ 蓬荜生光 | [ péng bì shēng guāng ] Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling |
| ⇒ 蓬荜生辉 | [ péng bì shēng huī ] Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling, see also 蓬蓽生光|蓬荜生光[peng2 bi4 sheng1 guang1] |
| ⇒ 蓬门荜户 | [ péng mén bì hù ] overgrown gate, wicker windows (idiom); poor person's house, humble home |