殡仪
bìn​yí

funeral

殡 bìn encoffin Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 宾 represents the sound. Simplified form of 殯.

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad
宾
宾 Sound component
bīn guest

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仪 yí ceremony Simplified

Components

亻
亻 Unknown component
rén person
义
义 Sound component
yì justice

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殯 encoffin Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 賓 represents the sound.

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad
賓
賓 Sound component
bīn guest

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpins

說文解字

死在棺，將遷葬柩，賓遇之。从歺从賓，賓亦聲。夏后殯於阼階，殷人殯於兩楹之閒，周人殯於賓階。

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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

儀 yí ceremony Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 義 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

義
義 Sound component
yì right conduct

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngjeŋ(r)ajright, proper; ceremony
Zhengzhangŋral
Unicodengyɛ

說文解字

度也。从人義聲。

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)