Què​bēi

Quebei reservoir

sháo, què, xiào peony

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

Sound component
sháo, shuò, zhuó spoon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡleːwʔ
spʰlewɢ
pl'ewɢ
bljewɢ
pleːwɢ

說文解字

鳧茈也。从艸勺聲。

Sources

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

bēi, pō, pí dam

Components

Meaning component
hill, place

hill

Sound component
skin

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjep(r)a[j]river bank; dike
Zhengzhangpral
prals
Unicodebyɛ

說文解字

阪也。一曰沱也。从𨸏皮聲。

Sources

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