bài

darnels

Components

Meaning component
grain stalk

grain

Sound component
bēi humble, inferior

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbɛHC.[b]ˤre-sweed resembling grain
Zhengzhangbreːs

說文解字

禾別也。从禾卑聲。琅邪有稗縣。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica