碑帖
bēi​tiè

rubbing

碑 bēi stone tablet

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 卑 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
卑
卑 Sound component
bēi humble, inferior

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjeprestele; upright pole of stone or wood
Zhengzhangpre
Unicodebyɛ

說文解字

豎石也。从石卑聲。

Sources

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

帖 tiē, tiě, tiè invitation card

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

巾
巾 Meaning component
jīn cloth
占
占 Sound component
zhàn divine
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

萜

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》：“帖，帛書署也。从巾，占聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)