丕 (pī): grand

丕 (pī) is a Chinese character meaning “grand.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 不 (structural) and 一 (structural). It ranks #4878 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. grand

Stroke Order

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5

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
丕变pī biànradical change
曹丕cáo pīCao Pi (187-226), second son of Cao Cao 曹操, king then emperor of Cao Wei 曹魏 from 220, ruled as Emperor Wen 魏文帝, also ...
2
Total compounds
50
As first character
50
As last character
0
As middle character

丕 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

中国新闻网·文化Sep 2026

广西戏剧院桂剧团演员杨青在剧中饰演曹丕。

guǎng xī xì jù yuàn guì jù tuán yǎn yuán yáng qīng zài jù zhōng shì yǎn cáo pī .

Yang Qing, an actor with the Guangxi Drama Theater’s Gui Opera Troupe, plays Cao Pi in the play.

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 丕 (pī) mean in Chinese?
丕 (pī) primarily means "grand." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #4878 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 丕 have?
丕 is written with 5 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 丕?
The radical associated with 丕 is 一 (one). This radical appears in many characters related to one.
What are the components of 丕?
丕 is composed of: 不 (structural), 一 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱不一 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 丕?
Common words with 丕 include: 丕变 (pī biàn, "radical change"); 曹丕 (cáo pī, "Cao Pi (187-226), second son of Cao Cao 曹操, king then emperor of Cao Wei 曹魏 from 220, ruled as Emperor Wen 魏文帝, also ..."). There are over 2 compound words containing this character.
Is 丕 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 丕 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.