Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

bamboo

Sound component
to give

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpiːds
pids

說文解字

蔽也,所以蔽甑底。从竹𢌿聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica