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Kotomora

披

expose, open

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes8

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

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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.