紕
pī

spoiled silk

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 比 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

比
比 Sound component
bǐ to compare

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbe
pʰi
kʰjɯʔ

說文解字

氐人𦇧也。讀若《禹貢》玭珠。从糸比聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

纰 pī, pí, bǐ spoiled silk Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 比 represents the sound. Simplified form of 紕.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

比
比 Sound component
bǐ to compare

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode