biǎn​zhé

banish

biǎn, fá decrease Simplified

To devalue  currency 

Components

Meaning component
bèi sea shell
Meaning component
lack

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

zhé charge Simplified

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
dì, shì, zhāi stalk, stem, root

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

decrease Traditional

To devalue  currency 

Components

Meaning component
bèi sea shell
Meaning component
lack

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjemXpr[e]mʔdiminish
pjemXp(r)[o]mʔdiminish
Zhengzhangpromʔ
Unicodebyɛ̌m

說文解字

損也。从貝从乏。

Sources

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

charge Traditional

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
dì, shì, zhāi stalk, stem, root

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdreakm-tˤrekblame, punish
treakC.tˤrekblame (v.)
Zhengzhangrteːɡ
Unicodedjɛk

說文解字

罰也。从言啻聲。

Sources

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