邶
bèi

place in today's Henan province

Components

北
北 Sound component
běi north
阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

place

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbɯːɡs

說文解字

故商邑。自河内朝歌以北是也。从邑北聲。

Sources

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