比耶 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

bǐyē

make a V sign

bǐ to compare

Two spoons side-by-side, conveying the meaning "to put together", "match", or "compare". 匕 also represents the sound.

Components

匕 Sound Iconic component

bǐ, pìn spoon, (person)

Depicts a spoon.

匕 Sound Iconic component

bǐ, pìn spoon, (person)

Depicts a spoon.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (3 of 21 verified)

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Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

毖坒

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	pjijX	C.pijʔ	compare
	pjijH	pij-s	combine; all

說文解字

《說文》：“比，密也。二人為从，反从為比。夶，古文比。”

Sources

Character origin: 尤梓竹《甲骨文字考釋提要（一）》p.56李学勤《字源》p.725
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

yé, yē, ye ye (sound)

Corruption of 邪, with the 牙 component replaced with 耳.

Components

牙 Sound component

yá tooth

Corrupted to 耳.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 牙 than it was in ancient scripts.

⻏ Meaning component

yì city

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 4 verified)

椰揶倻爺

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		laː
Unicode	ia

Sources

Character origin: Wiktionary
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

比 bǐ to compare

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (3 of 21 verified)

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

耶 yé, yē, ye ye (sound)

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1 of 4 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

bǐ to compare

yé, yē, ye ye (sound)