劈哩啪啦

劈 pī cut apart

Phonosemantic compound. 刀 represents the meaning and 辟 represents the sound.

Components

刀
刀 Meaning component
dāo knife
辟
辟 Sound component
pì, bì law

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰeːɡ
Unicodepek

說文解字

破也。从刀辟聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

哩 li mile

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 里 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
里
里 Sound component
lǐ, li village

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

啪 pā syllable

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 拍 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
拍
拍 Sound component
pāi clap

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

啦 la, lā final particle of assertion

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 拉 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
拉
拉 Sound component
lā, la pull

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode