a low-built house

A low  house 广

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
Meaning component
bēi humble, inferior

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjieXN-peʔlow, short
Zhengzhangbeʔ
Unicodebhiɛ̌

說文解字

中伏舍。从广卑聲。一曰屋庳。或讀若逋。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica