剿匪
jiǎo​fěi

suppress bandits

剿 jiǎo destroy

Components

巢
巢 Sound component
cháo nest
刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

knife

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsjewX[ts]awʔcut off
Zhengzhangʔslawʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

匪 fěi bandits

Components

匚
匚 Meaning component
fāng, fàng box

basket

非
非 Sound component
fēi not

Character Evolution

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

榧篚

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjɨjXpəjʔbamboo basket; bandit
Zhengzhangpɯlʔ
Unicodepiə̌i

說文解字

器，似竹筐。从匚非聲。《逸周書》曰：“實玄黃于匪。”

Sources

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