Taxonomy of meanings for 披:　　

  • 披 pī (OC: phral MC: pʰɯiɛ) 敷羈切 平 廣韻：【又作翍開也分也散也 】
    • SPLIT
      • viconativeto split open without necessarily dividing the object of splitting into two separate parts.
      • vtoNforce open
      • vtoNfigurativeforce open (mountains to create roads)CH
      • generalised>CUT
        • vtoNpare (trees); cut off
        • vtoNpassiveget pared
        • vtoNmiddle voice, figurativeget cut off; get cut shortCH
      • result>SCATTER
        • splitable object>OPEN
          • vtoNopen, unroll
          • vtoNpoeticunfoldCH
          • generalised>BEND
              • to cover body>WEAR
                • vtoNthrow over the shoulder; wear
            • result>SHOW
              • object mouth>GESTURE
                  (curl one’s lips)
              • intellectually>DISTINGUISH
              • =批STRIKE
                • SURNAME
              • 披 pǐ (OC: phralʔ MC: pʰɯiɛ) 匹靡切 上 廣韻：【開也又偏羈切 】
              • 披 bì

                Additional information about 披

                說文解字: 【披】，从 㫄 持曰披。从手、皮聲。 【敷羈切】

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                • OPEN

                  1. The most common general word for opening things is qǐ 啟 (ant. bì 閉 "close") which can refer to all sorts of opening up of all manner of things.

                  2. Kāi 開 (ant. bì 閉 "close") and pì 闢 "open wide" (ant. fēng 封 "close tightly") refer primarily to the opening of doors, windows and the like.

                  3. Fā 發 (ant. bì 閉 "close") refers to the opening of something in order to enable one to inspect the contents or to remove things from the interior.

                  4. Pī 披 (ant. hé 合 "roll up") refers to the opening up of something by unrolling it.

                  5. Jué 決 (ant. dǔ 堵 "block up" and sè 塞 "block up") refers to the opening up of an artificial waterway for circulation.

                • CUT

                  1. The commonest general word for "cut" is ancient Chinese kat, modern reading gē 割.

                  2. Qiē 切 is to cut into pieces.

                  3. Duàn 斷 is to cut a part off a whole.

                  4. Zhǎn 斬, fá 伐, zhuó 斫, zhuó 斲 describe the violent hacking off of a part from a whole.

                  5. Shān 芟 is to cut grass or shrubs.

                  6. Pī 披 "pare" refer to the treatment of surfaces of objects by cutting into them to produce smoothness of surface or a pointed end.

                  7. Pǒu 剖 refers to cutting into something so as to reveal its inner structure. See SPLIT

                  8. Xiāo 削 typically refers to cutting something off so as to reduce its size.

                  9. Jiǎn 翦 refers specifically to the clipping of something that grows on a living structure.

                  NB: The size of the vocabulary in this field is extraordinary: over 70 wods are listed under this meaning.

                • SPLIT

                  1. The most general word referring to the action of splitting things into several parts is pǒu 剖, and when the dividing is distinctly into two parts the current word is pàn 判 (ant.** bìng 併 "fit together").

                  2. Pī 劈 / 辟 as well as the archaic s � 1 斯 refer to a violent act of cleaving or hacking to pieces.

                  3. Liè 裂 refers to any process which results in the cleaving of an object and focusses on that result rather than the process itself.

                  4.. Pī 披 is to split open without necessarily dividing the object of splitting into two separate parts.

                  5. Xī 析 is a mild act of dividing a thing, typically into its proper constituent parts, or separating off constituent parts (often for analysis).