毗
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Meaning: to adjoin
💡 Think: 'Pi'zza shops often sit 毗 (adjacent) to each other on the same street.
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Character Story & Explanation
In China, you often see 毗 on signs like '江苏与安徽毗邻' (Jiangsu and Anhui adjoin). It means 'to adjoin' or 'be adjacent to,' used for regions or buildings. The radical 田 (field) hints at land, and the phonetic part 比 suggests pronunciation pí. It's a formal word for geography or urban planning.
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