毕兹
bì​zī

QNB

毕 bì finish Simplified

Simplified form of 畢. 比 represents the sound. The bottom component is a remnant from the traditional character 畢.

Components

比
比 Sound component
bǐ to compare
𠦒
𠦒 SimplifiedRemnant component
bān net for catching birds or rabbits

Remnant from the 𠦒 component in the traditional character 畢.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 4 verified)

跸哔荜筚

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

兹 zī, cí now Simplified

Components

丷
丷 Meaning component
bā, xx “ears-out” component used in some Chinese characters (e.g. U+5151 兑)
一
一 Meaning component
yī one
幺
幺 Meaning component
yāo tiny
幺
幺 Meaning component
yāo tiny

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 8 verified)

慈磁滋孳鹚嵫糍鷀

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsɯ
zɯ

說文解字

《說文》：“玆，黑也。从二玄。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

畢 bì finish Traditional

Original meaning: hunting net

Depicts a of hunting net (𠦒) used in a field (田) to catch birds or rabbits. Based on the original meaning "hunting net". The meaning later shifted to "finish".

Components

田
田 Iconic component
tián field
𠦒
𠦒 Iconic component
bān net for catching birds or rabbits

Depicts a net with a handle for catching birds or rabbits.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

篳嗶蓽

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjitpi[t] wooden fork
pjitpi[t] bird-net
pjitpi[t] finish (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“畢，田罔也。从，象畢形微也。或曰甶聲。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.313漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

茲 now Traditional

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass
幺
幺 Meaning component
yāo tiny
幺
幺 Meaning component
yāo tiny

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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 Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsɯ
zɯ
Unicodetziə
dzhiə

說文解字

《說文》：“茲，艸木多益。从艸，茲省聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)