嗝屁
gé​pì

die

嗝 gé cackling of fowls to gag

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

鬲
鬲 Sound component
gé, lì, è type of cauldron with three hollow legs

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkreːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

屁 pì fart

Phonosemantic compound. 尸 represents the meaning and 比 represents the sound.

Components

尸
尸 Meaning component
shī sitting person

Depicts a person squatting.

比
比 Sound component
bǐ to compare

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰis

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang