壁bì
partition, wall; rampart. 16 strokes, radical 土, first met in HSK 5.
How to write 壁
Strokes 1–13 write 辟, then strokes 14–16 write 土.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 壁 · the stroke-order rules
What 壁 is made of
辟 (pì, law) and 土 (tǔ, soil).
土 carries the meaning — earth — and 辟 carries the sound.
Words that use 壁
| 隔壁 | next door 指紧挨着的相邻房屋或场所 隔壁邻居送来了新鲜蔬菜。The next-door neighbor brought over some fresh vegetables. Lesson 424, 邻里亲和 · 鼎新革故与工巧天成 · Systemic Renewal & Masterly Craftsmanship |
| 墙壁 | wall 指建筑物中起分隔作用的竖立结构 他们检测坍塌墙壁的结构。They inspected the collapsed wall's structure. Lesson 469, 弘毅救援 · 信约立身与力作弘毅 · Integrity of Promise & Resolute Effort |
Characters that share the sound part 辟
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 土
All 34 of them, and what the radical means, on the 土 radical page.