披

披 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手木竹水 (QDHE), four-corner 5404₇, composition ⿰扌皮)

• 𠵿, 𩸉, 𦰽, 𣈓, 𬐌, 𫰷

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 422, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11909
• Dae Jaweon: page 770, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1861, character 1
• Unihan data for U+62AB

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰral, *pʰralʔ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 皮 (OC *bral).

Related to Burmese ပြား (pra:, “to scatter, vary”) (Hill 2019, p. 32).

披

1. to drape; to wrap around; to put on (over one's shoulders)

   披肩  ―  pījiān  ―  shawl

   披羊皮的狼  ―  pī yángpí de láng  ―  wolf that put on sheepskin

   你若出門著加披一領衫。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   你若出门着加披一领衫。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Lí nā chhut-mn̂g tio̍h ke phi chi̍t niá saⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   You have to put on another layer of clothing if you go out.

2. to open; to unfurl; to unroll; to spread out

   披卷  ―  pījuàn  ―  to browse through books

   披露  ―  pīlù  ―  to reveal; to disclose

   你將洗了的衫提去披咧竹篙曝日。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   你将洗了的衫提去披咧竹篙曝日。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Lí chiong sóe liáu ê saⁿ the̍h khì phi le̍h tek-ko pha̍k-li̍t. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Take the washed laundry and lay it on the bamboo pole to dry in the sun.

3. to split open; to crack

   地上的那根竹竿披了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Dìshàng de nà gēn zhúgān pī le. [Pinyin]

   The bamboo pole on the ground is already split open.

4. to hang down; to hang loose (of one's hair, etc.)

   披頭／披头  ―  pītóu  ―  to have dishevelled hair

   你最好把頭髮披下來。 [MSC, trad.]
   你最好把头发披下来。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ zuìhǎo bǎ tóufà pī xiàlái. [Pinyin]

   You better wear your hair down.

   • 2000, 梁左 and 梁欢, 闲人马大姐, episode 45, 刘金山 (actor):

     髮型？最好不要髮型。你把這個……頭髮鬆開。嗯哎鬆開鬆開。哎。你把這㧅鬆嘍。打亂嘍。對。把頭髮披前頭。對。最好一半兒擋著臉。擋一半兒臉。 [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
     发型？最好不要发型。你把这个……头发松开。嗯哎松开松开。哎。你把这㧅松喽。打乱喽。对。把头发披前头。对。最好一半儿挡着脸。挡一半儿脸。 [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]

     Fàxíngr? Zuìhǎo bú yào fàxíngr. Nǐ bǎ zhèige...... Tóufa sōngkai. Ǹg ài sōngkai sōngkai. Ài. Nǐ bǎ zhè dāo sōng lou. Dǎ luàn lou. Duì. Bǎ tóufa pēi qiántou. Duì. Zuìhǎo yībànr dǎng zhe liǎn. Dǎng yībànr liǎn. [Pinyin]

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5. (Hokkien) wide and flat utensil woven with bamboo used for drying things

   竹披仔 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  tek-phi-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  woven bamboo utensil shaped like a tray or mat

6. a surname

披

1. (historical) silk ribbon on both sides of a hearse

• “披”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jōyō kanji)

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• Go-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
• Kun: ひらく (hiraku, 披く)

披 • (pi) (hangeul 피, revised pi, McCune–Reischauer p'i, Yale phi)

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披: Hán Nôm readings: phơ, bờ, pha, phê, phi, phơi

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