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Chinese
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
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Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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霹
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靂
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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692
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7983
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Phonetic component
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辟
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秝
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Rime group
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錫
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錫
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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霹
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靂
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Old Chinese
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/*pʰeːɡ/
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/*reːɡ/
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Notes
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古作闢歴
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闢歴後起字
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Noun
霹靂
- thunderbolt; thunderclap
Synonyms
- 暴雷 (bàoléi)
- 落雷 (luòléi)
- 迅雷 (xùnléi)
- 雷霆 (léitíng) (chiefly poetic)
- 霹雷 (pīléi) (informal)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Phono-semantic matching of Malay Perak.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
霹靂
- (~州) Perak (a state of Malaysia)
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
霹靂 • (hekireki)
- thunderbolt, thunderclap
References
Korean
Noun
霹靂 • (byeongnyeok) (hangeul 벽력)
- hanja form? of 벽력 (“thunderbolt, thunderclap”)