披
expose, open
Readings
On'yomi
- ヒ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
披 centers on uncovering or revealing something that was hidden or closed: exposing, opening up, or bringing into view.
Most common words using 披
- 披露ひろうN1
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing; unveiling; revealing; performing
- お披露目おひろめ
(formal) announcement; unveiling; introduction; debut
- 披露宴ひろうえんN1
reception (e.g. wedding); banquet; celebration; party
- 披瀝ひれき
expressing one's opinion; speaking one's mind; making known; revealing
- 信書開披罪しんしょかいひざい
(crime of) opening sealed correspondence
- 名披露目なびろめ
announcing the succession to another's stage name
- 嫡披ちゃくひ
confidential letter
- 披くひらく
to open; to unfold; to spread out
- 披裂軟骨ひれつなんこつ
arytenoid cartilage
- 披見ひけん
reading; perusing
- 披講ひこう
introduction of poems at a poetry party
- 披針形ひしんけい
lanceolate (leaf shape)
- 披露目ひろめ
making (something) widely known; announcement; unveiling
- 文披月ふみひらきづき
seventh lunar month
- 新序出世披露しんじょしゅっせひろう
presenting of new wrestlers to audience
- 直披じきひ
personal; confidential (letter)
- 結婚披露宴けっこんひろうえん
wedding reception banquet
- 襲名披露しゅうめいひろう
announcing the succession to another's stage name
- 開披かいひ
opening (a letter); unsealing
Study
Etymology
披 combines 扌 (hand) with 皮, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of peeling or uncovering, as skin can be exposed.
Meaning mnemonic
A hand 扌 peeling back skin 皮 to expose what is underneath: 披 means to open or expose.
Reading mnemonic
For ヒ, imagine a hand peeling back skin to reveal a hidden he (he -> ヒ) underneath.