bǐ​ní

look askance

bǐ, bì, bēi so that

Components

Unknown component
rén person
Sound component
bēi humble, inferior

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodebyɛ̌

說文解字

益也。从人卑聲。一曰俾,門侍人。

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Academia Sinica

ní, nì, niè feeble

A young child 

Components

Meaning component
rén person
Meaning component
r, ér son

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngejŋˤeyoung and weak
Zhengzhangŋeː

說文解字

俾也。从人兒聲。

Sources

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