甓
pì

glazed tiles

Components

辟
辟 Sound component
pì, bì law
瓦
瓦 Meaning component
wǎ earthenware

pottery

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbek[b]ˤektile, brick
Zhengzhangbeːɡ

說文解字

瓴甓也。从瓦辟聲。《詩》曰：“中唐有甓。”

Sources

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