僻 (pì): (bound form) remote, out of the way, off-center

僻 (pì) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) remote.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (semantic) and 辟 (phonetic). It ranks #2651 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 僻 people living out of the way. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. (bound form) remote
  2. out of the way
  3. off-center

Etymology & Origin

僻

pictophoneticpeople living out of the way

Decomposition: ⿰亻辟 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
偏僻adjectivepiān pìremote
孤僻adjectivegū pìunsociable
幽僻adjectiveyōu pìsecluded
僻静adjectivepì jìnglonely
穷乡僻壤phraseqióng xiāng pì rǎnga remote and desolate place
怪僻adjectiveguài pìeccentric
荒僻adjectivehuāng pìdesolate
乖僻adjectiveguāi pìpeculiar
熟词僻义shú cí pì yìuncommon meaning of a common word
生僻adjectiveshēng pìunfamiliar
僻地nounpì dìthe sticks
僻处pì chǔto be located in (a remote place)
僻远adjectivepì yuǎnremote and faraway
冷僻adjectivelěng pìout-of-the-way
乡僻xiāng pìfar from town
16
Total compounds
25
As first character
63
As last character
13
As middle character

僻 appears in 16 compound words: 25 as the first character, 63 as the last, and 13 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 僻 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

孤gū
0.5931,296 co-occurrences
偏piān
0.5802,349 co-occurrences
乖guāi
0.521146 co-occurrences
陋lòu
0.44758 co-occurrences
荒huāng
0.427200 co-occurrences
静jìng
0.420160 co-occurrences
穷qióng
0.40052 co-occurrences
冷lěng
0.398222 co-occurrences
邪xié
0.391104 co-occurrences
涩sè
0.37310 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

穷乡僻壤qióngxiāngpìrǎngHSK 7+

remote and backward places

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Example Sentences

AI-Generated

她僻长得很美,心地也很善良。

tā pì cháng dé hěn měi , xīn dì yě hěn shàn liáng .

She was exceptionally beautiful and had a kind heart.

中国新闻网·文化Aug 2026

张晨路的足迹遍布中原、江淮、齐鲁大地,深入偏僻的县城与村落,寻找散落在民间的老兵。

zhāng chén lù de zú jì biàn bù zhōng yuán , jiāng huái , qí lǔ dà dì , shēn rù piān pì de xiàn chéng yǔ cūn luò , xún zhǎo sàn luò zài mín jiān de lǎo bīng .

Zhang Chenlu has traveled throughout the Central Plains, the Jianghuai region, and Shandong, venturing deep into remote county towns and villages in search of veterans scattered among the local populace.

少数派Jul 2026

我不得不尝试使用各种策略,来替换生僻字、多音字,反复校正模型的发音。

wǒ bù dé bù cháng shì shǐ yòng gè zhǒng cè lüè , lái tì huàn shēng pì zì , duō yīn zì , fǎn fù jiào zhèng mó xíng de fā yīn .

I had to try various strategies to replace obscure characters and characters with multiple pronunciations, and repeatedly fine-tune the model's pronunciation.

中国新闻网·文化Jul 2026

原本晦涩冷僻的甲骨文,在弹幕和留言中获得了大量关注。

yuán běn huì sè lěng pì de jiǎ gǔ wén , zài dàn mù hé liú yán zhōng huò dé le dà liàng guān zhù .

Oracle bone script, which was once obscure and rarely studied, has garnered a great deal of attention through comment streams and messages.

少数派May 2026

这不仅能修复字典弹窗,更能让古籍正文中所有生僻字完美显示,达成全系统视觉统一。

zhè bù jǐn néng xiū fù zì diǎn dàn chuāng , gēng néng ràng gǔ jí zhèng wén zhōng suǒ yǒu shēng pì zì wán měi xiǎn shì , dá chéng quán xì tǒng shì jué tǒng yī .

Not only does this fix the dictionary pop-up, but it also ensures that all rare characters in the text of ancient texts are displayed perfectly, achieving visual consistency throughout the system.

少数派May 2026

大抵就是这样的母亲培养出的我,也是这种独立到有些“孤僻”的性格。

dà dǐ jiù shì zhè yàng de mǔ qīn péi yǎng chū de wǒ , yě shì zhè zhǒng dú lì dào yǒu xiē gū pì de xìng gé .

It’s largely thanks to a mother like that that I turned out the way I did, with a personality that’s so independent it borders on “reclusive.”

Tatoeba

那个孤僻的人以观察蚂蚁取乐。

Nàge gūpì de rén yǐ guānchá mǎyǐ qǔlè.

The lonely man derives pleasure from observing ants.

Tatoeba

那个位置很偏僻。

Nàge wèizhi hěn piānpì.

It's quite a remote spot.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 亻 (people living out of the way) component

Homophones — Characters pronounced pì

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 僻 (pì) mean in Chinese?
僻 (pì) primarily means "(bound form) remote." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2651 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 僻 and 避?
僻 (pì) and 避 (bì) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 亻 vs 辶 (same 辟 component).
How many strokes does 僻 have?
僻 is written with 15 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 僻?
The radical associated with 僻 is 亻 (person). This radical appears in many characters related to person.
What are the components of 僻?
僻 is composed of: 亻 (semantic), 辟 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰亻辟 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 僻?
Common words with 僻 include: 偏僻 (piān pì, "remote"); 孤僻 (gū pì, "unsociable"); 幽僻 (yōu pì, "secluded"); 僻静 (pì jìng, "lonely"); 穷乡僻壤 (qióng xiāng pì rǎng, "a remote and desolate place"). There are over 16 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 僻 (pì)?
Several characters share the pronunciation pì: 劈 (to hack), 譬 (to give an example), 皮 (leather), 批 (to ascertain), and 3 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 僻 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 僻 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.