辟

Glyph origin
In the oracle bone script, it is an – to administer; to regulate; to punish.

was sometimes added, though its function is disputed: was later corrupted into or.  interprets as representing the enforcer of the law.
 * suggests that it represents “bind; restrain”.
 * suggests that it is the original character for and that  is the early form of, with  as the semantic component and ⿰卩䇂 as the phonetic component. , based on this theory, proposes that  acted as a phonetic component in 辟 instead.
 * suggests that it is a decorative component with no meaning.

In the bronze script from the, forms where is corrupted to  begin to appear.

Officially adopted as the simplified form of in the Chinese Character Simplification Scheme  in 1956 due to homophony and shared semantic fields.

Definitions

 * 1)  monarch; sovereign
 * 2)  government official; minister
 * 3)  to rule; to govern
 * 4)  crime
 * 5) to summon; to appoint to an official position
 * 6) to remove; to drive out
 * 7)  to avoid; to hide; to dodge
 * 8)  lame in the leg
 * 1)  lame in the leg
 * 1)  lame in the leg
 * 1)  lame in the leg
 * 1)  lame in the leg

Definitions

 * 1)  law;  penal code
 * 2) to open
 * 3) to open up
 * 4)  to make an analogy
 * 5)  to thump one's chest
 * 6)  to show bias; to be partial
 * 7)  remote
 * 8)  eccentric; perverted
 * 1)  to make an analogy
 * 2)  to thump one's chest
 * 3)  to show bias; to be partial
 * 4)  remote
 * 5)  eccentric; perverted
 * 1)  to show bias; to be partial
 * 2)  remote
 * 3)  eccentric; perverted
 * 1)  eccentric; perverted
 * 1)  eccentric; perverted
 * 1)  eccentric; perverted