譬
pì HSK7

metaphor

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 辟 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
辟
辟 Sound component
pì, bì law

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphjieHpʰek-sexample
Zhengzhangpʰeɡs
Unicodepiɛ̀

說文解字

諭也。从言辟聲。

Sources

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