铍
pí

a needle used in Chinese medicine

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 皮 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鈹.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

皮
皮 Sound component
pí skin

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鈹 a needle used in Chinese medicine Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰral

說文解字

大鍼也。一曰劒如刀裝者。从金皮聲。

Sources

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