zhí​bèi

vegetation

zhí plant

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
tree
Sound component
zhí straight

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdriHN-t<r>ək-s grow, flourish
driHm-t<r>ək-s to plant, set upright
dzyikm-tək to plant; plants

說文解字

《說文》:“植,戶植也。从木,直聲。,或从置。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

bèi quilt, cover

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
clothes

is a component form of .

Sound component
skin
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjeXm-pʰ(r)ajʔ coverlet
bjeHm-pʰ(r)ajʔ-s cover (v.)
phjemə-pʰ(r)aj cover oneself with
phjeHpʰ(r)aj-s cloak

說文解字

《說文》:“被,衣,長一身有半。从衣,皮聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica