秕糠
bǐ​kāng

chaff

秕 bǐ empty grain or rice husk

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk

grain

比
比 Sound component
bǐ to compare

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjijXpijʔchaff; petty
Zhengzhangpiʔ

說文解字

不成粟也。从禾比聲。

Sources

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

糠 kāng chaff

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 康 represents the sound. Simplified form of 穅.

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
康
康 Sound component
kāng peaceful, healthy

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰlaːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang