蔫屁
niān​pì

silent fart

蔫 niān, yān, yàn withered

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

焉
焉 Sound component
yān, yí thereupon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqran
qan

說文解字

菸也。从艸焉聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

屁 pì fart

Phonosemantic compound. 尸 represents the meaning and 比 represents the sound.

Components

尸
尸 Meaning component
shī sitting person

Depicts a person squatting.

比
比 Sound component
bǐ to compare

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰis

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang