披

Readings

Pinyin: pī

Wade-Giles: p'i

Hangul: 피

Korean MC: pi

Korean MR: p'i

Katakana: ヒ

Hepburn: hi

phi

spread open

• To unroll, thrown on (as a cloak). 披 is to wear the garment over both shoulders; 袒 is to throw it over one shoulder (Skt. nivāsayati). [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0541

Soothill, 260

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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