叛匪
pàn​fěi

rebel bandit

叛 pàn rebel

Phonosemantic compound. 反 represents the meaning and 半 represents the sound.

Components

反
反 Meaning component
fǎn reverse
半
半 Sound component
bàn half

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbaːns

說文解字

半也。从半反聲。

Sources

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

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)