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Usage of the character 荜

[蓽]
  • bean
  • pulse
péngbì
蓬荜
[蓬蓽]
  • poor person's house
  • humble home
péngménbìhù
蓬门荜户
[蓬門蓽戶]
  • overgrown gate, wicker windows (idiom); poor person's house
  • humble home
bìménguīdòu
荜门圭窦
[蓽門圭竇]
  • wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel
  • living in poverty
péngbìshēngguāng
蓬荜生光
[蓬蓽生光]
  • Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling
péngbìshēnghuī
蓬荜生辉
[蓬蓽生輝]
  • Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling
  • see also 蓬蓽生光/蓬荜生光 (péngbìshēngguāng)