shū​bì

comb hair

shū comb

Components

Meaning component
tree

wood

Sound component
liú birth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsrjosracomb
Zhengzhangsŋra
Unicodeshriu

說文解字

理髮也。从木,疏省聲。

Sources

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

bì, pí fine-toothed comb

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo
𣬉
𣬉 Sound component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpiː
bis

說文解字

《說文新附》:“篦,導也。今俗謂之篦。从竹,聲。”

Sources

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