簸
bǒbò

winnower

Phonosemantic compound. 箕 represents the meaning and 皮 represents the sound.

Components

箕
箕 Meaning component
jī sieve
皮
皮 Sound component
pí skin

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpaXpˤajʔ winnow (v.)
paHpˤajʔ-s winnow (v.)

說文解字

《說文》:“簸,揚米去糠也。从箕,皮聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica