贬
biǎn HSK7

decrease

To devalue 乏 currency 贝

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
乏
乏 Meaning component
fá lack

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

貶 decrease Traditional

To devalue 乏 currency 貝

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
乏
乏 Meaning component
fá lack

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjemXpr[e]mʔdiminish
pjemXp(r)[o]mʔdiminish
Zhengzhangpromʔ
Unicodebyɛ̌m

說文解字

損也。从貝从乏。

Sources

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