孛 (bèi): comet

孛 (bèi) is a Chinese character meaning “comet.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 十 (structural), 冖 (structural) and 子 (structural). It ranks #3620 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Spoken pronunciation
Radical: 子 child7 strokesFrequency #3620十 structural冖 structural子 structural

Definitions

  1. comet

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
月孛yuè bèi(ancient Chinese astrology) Yuebei, a heavenly body postulated to exist at the apogee of the Moon's orbit, hindering ...
孛星nounbèi xīngcomet (arch.)
2
Total compounds
50
As first character
50
As last character
0
As middle character

孛 appears in 2 compound words: 50 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

我在字典里查到了孛字的详细解释。

wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le bèi zì de xiáng xì jiě shì .

I looked up the detailed definition of the character "孛" in the dictionary.

Character Family

子 Radical Family — Characters sharing the child radical

子zǐ学xué字zì存cún孩hái季jì孙sūn孤gū孵fū孪luán

Related Characters

子zǐ学xué字zì孩hái孪luán存cún季jì孙sūn孤gū孵fū

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 孛 (bèi) mean in Chinese?
孛 (bèi) primarily means "comet." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #3620 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 孛 have?
孛 is written with 7 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 孛?
The radical associated with 孛 is 子 (child). This radical appears in many characters related to child.
What are the components of 孛?
孛 is composed of: 十 (structural), 冖 (structural), 子 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱十⿱冖子 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 孛?
Common words with 孛 include: 月孛 (yuè bèi, "(ancient Chinese astrology) Yuebei, a heavenly body postulated to exist at the apogee of the Moon's orbit, hindering ..."); 孛星 (bèi xīng, "comet (arch.)"). There are over 2 compound words containing this character.
Is 孛 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 孛 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.