袒庇
tǎn​bì

shield

袒 tǎn strip

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 旦 represents the sound. Simplified form of 襢.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

旦
旦 Sound component
dàn dawn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdaːnʔ
rdeːns

說文解字

衣縫解也。从衣旦聲。

Sources

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

庇 bì, pí, pǐ cover

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

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
比
比 Sound component
bǐ to compare

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjijpijcover; protect
pjijHpij-scover; protect
Zhengzhangpis
Unicodebì

說文解字

蔭也。从广比聲。

Sources

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