啚
bǐtú

remote place

Depicts a granary (㐭) outside of city walls (囗). Original form of 鄙.

Components

囗
囗 Iconic component
wéi, guó surround
㐭
㐭 Iconic component
lǐn granary

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

鄙

Meaning (1)

鄙

Iconic (1)

圖

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangprɯʔ
daː

說文解字

《說文》：“啚，嗇也。从囗、。，受也。，古文啚如此。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)