脾
pí HSK5

spleen

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

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

卑
卑 Sound component
bēi humble, inferior
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjiem-[p]e spleen

說文解字

《說文》:“脾,土藏也。从肉,卑聲。”

Sources

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